I tried to found more modern reconstructions for gorgonopsidaes, but I failed. So I just did one rough example by myself. Furry gorgonops with lips and vybrisses, possibly Inostrancevia. Not scientific, just an example to show to friend :)
All land vertebrates have lips- Change my mind.
Crocodiles are the only ones who don’t, but they aren’t technically land animals. Birds don’t count, since they lack proper jaws.
Since Inostrancevia even had a jaw “pocket” to fit their saber teeth into, there is no sane reason to think their teeth were out in the open - unless some rock hard (pun intended) proof to the contrary, that they were really, really unique, comes to light.
Inostrancevialatifrons, or as I like to call it, a lizard with a bit of a thing for bears, caught in the middle of a profound identity crisis.
There’s not a whole lot to say here. It’s a big fuck-off gorgonopsid, what you see is pretty much what you get. I’ve covered the sabres with lips because… come on.
I can’t help but wonder why gorgonopsid chins were always so big…
Gorgonopsids were predatory therapsids, they entered the pop culture landscape with their appearances in media like Dino Crisis and Primeval. Inostrancevia was around the size of a large bear.
