Gordonia (synapsid)

Gordonia
Temporal range: Late Permian
Cast of the holotype skeleton of Gordonia traquairi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Anomodontia
Clade: Dicynodontia
Infraorder: Dicynodontoidea
Genus: Gordonia
Newton, 1893
Type species
G. traquairi
Newton, 1893
Synonyms
  • G. duffiana Newton, 1893
  • G. huxleyana Newton, 1893
  • G. juddiana Newton, 1893

Gordonia is an extinct genus of dicynodont therapsid from the Late Permian of Scotland. Fossils have been found from the Elgin sandstone of Cutties Hillock Sandstone in Elgin, Moray. These are among the many amniote fossils referred to as the Elgin Reptiles. Gordonia was named in 1893 with four species: G. traquairi, G. duffiana, G. huxleyana, and G. juddiana. Currently, the only recognized species is the type G. traquairi. All other species are considered synonyms of the type.