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'''''Ichibengops''''' is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsid known from the type species '''''Ichibengops munyamadziensis''''', which lived in what is now [[Zambia]] during the Late Permian. ''Ichibengops'' was named in 2015 on the basis of fossils found in the Wuchiapingian-age Madumabisa Mudstone Formation in the [[Luangwa Basin]]. Therocephalians have been known from the Luangwa Basin for decades, yet ''Ichibengops'' was the first endemic Zambian therocephalian to have been described in detail. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that it is a basal member of the clade Eutherocephalia, lying just outside a clade containing hofmeyriids, whaitsiids, and baurioids. ''Ichibengops'' is the sister taxon of the Russian therocephalian ''Chthonosaurus''; together they form one of several known African-Russian sister taxon pairs of eutherocephalians, which indicate that eutherocephalians could freely disperse across most of Pangea during the Late Permian.<ref name=HSA15>{{Cite journal | last1 = Huttenlocker | first1 = Adam K. | last2 =Sidor | first2 = Christian A. | last3 = Angielczyk | first3 = Kenneth D. | date = 20 Jul 2015 | title = A new eutherocephalian (Therapsida, Therocephalia) from the upper Permian Madumabisa Mudstone Formation (Luangwa Basin) of Zambia | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | issue = online | doi = 10.1080/02724634.2015.969400}}</ref> Like the fellow therocephalian Euchambersia, Ichibengops might have been venomous, as evidenced by grooves above its teeth. <ref>{{cite press release | url = http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150813162339.htm | title = Prehistoric carnivore dubbed 'scarface' discovered in Zambia | date = August 13, 2015 | author = Field Museum | publisher = Science Daily }}</ref> | '''''Ichibengops''''' is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsid known from the type species '''''Ichibengops munyamadziensis''''', which lived in what is now [[Zambia]] during the Late Permian. ''Ichibengops'' was named in 2015 on the basis of fossils found in the Wuchiapingian-age Madumabisa Mudstone Formation in the [[Luangwa Basin]]. Therocephalians have been known from the Luangwa Basin for decades, yet ''Ichibengops'' was the first endemic Zambian therocephalian to have been described in detail. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that it is a basal member of the clade Eutherocephalia, lying just outside a clade containing hofmeyriids, whaitsiids, and baurioids. ''Ichibengops'' is the sister taxon of the Russian therocephalian ''Chthonosaurus''; together they form one of several known African-Russian sister taxon pairs of eutherocephalians, which indicate that eutherocephalians could freely disperse across most of Pangea during the Late Permian.<ref name=HSA15>{{Cite journal | last1 = Huttenlocker | first1 = Adam K. | last2 =Sidor | first2 = Christian A. | last3 = Angielczyk | first3 = Kenneth D. | date = 20 Jul 2015 | title = A new eutherocephalian (Therapsida, Therocephalia) from the upper Permian Madumabisa Mudstone Formation (Luangwa Basin) of Zambia | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | issue = online | doi = 10.1080/02724634.2015.969400}}</ref> Like the fellow therocephalian Euchambersia, Ichibengops might have been venomous, as evidenced by grooves above its teeth. <ref>{{cite press release | url = http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150813162339.htm | title = Prehistoric carnivore dubbed 'scarface' discovered in Zambia | date = August 13, 2015 | author = Field Museum | publisher = Science Daily }}</ref> | ||
