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{{Short description|Extinct genus of therapsids}}
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| fossil_range = [[Late Permian]]<ref name=Fossilworks>{{cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=140786|title=Sycosaurus|publisher=[[Fossilworks]]}}</ref> {{fossil_range|259|252.3}}
| fossil_range = [[Late Permian]]
| image = Sycosaurus.png
| image = Sycosaurus.png
| image_width = 250px
| image_upright = 1.15
| image_caption = Holotype skull of ''S. laticeps''
| image_caption = Holotype skull of ''S. laticeps''
| taxon = Sycosaurus
| authority = [[Sydney H. Haughton|Haughton]], [[1924 in paleontology|1924]]
| authority = Haughton, 1924
| type_species = '''''Sycosaurus laticeps'''''
| type_species_authority = [[Sydney H. Haughton|Haughton]], [[1924 in paleontology|1924]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
| subdivision =
* {{extinct}}''S. laticeps'' <small>Haughton, 1924 ([[Type species|type]])</small>
* {{extinct}}'''''S. laticeps''''' <small>Haughton, 1924</small>
* {{extinct}}''S. nowaki'' <small>(Broili & Schröder, 1936)</small>
* {{extinct}}'''''S. nowaki''''' <small>Broili & Schröder, 1936</small>
| synonyms =
'''Genus-level'''
* ''Tetraodon'' <small>Broili & Schröder, 1936</small>
* ''Tetradontonius'' <small>Kuhn, 1961</small>
* ''Cephalicustriodus'' <small>Parrington, 1974</small>
'''''S. nowaki'''''
*''Tetraodon nowaki'' <small>Broili & Schröder, 1936</small>
*''Lycaenops kingoriensis'' <small>Huene, 1950</small>
*''Tetraodontonius nowaki'' <small>Kuhn, 1961</small>
*''Leontocephalus intactus'' <small>Kemp, 1969</small>
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}}
[[File:Sycosaurus kingor1.jpg|thumb|left|Restoration of ''S. laticeps'' with prey]]
[[File:Sycosaurus kingor1.jpg|thumb|left|Restoration of ''S. laticeps'' with prey]]
[[File:Sycosaurus nowaki.png|thumb|left|Holotype of ''S. nowaki'']]
'''''Sycosaurus''''' is an extinct genus of [[Gorgonopsia]]. It was medium-sized, about 1.2&nbsp;m in length. <ref>http://www.palaeocritti.com/by-group/gorgonopsia/sycosaurus</ref> It was first named by [[Sidney H. Haughton|Haughton]] in 1924, and contains two species, ''S. laticeps'' and ''S. nowaki''.<ref>Kammerer CF. (2016) Systematics of the Rubidgeinae (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia) PeerJ 4:e1608 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1608 </ref>


'''''Sycosaurus''''' is an extinct [[genus]] of [[Rubidgeinae|rubidgeine]] [[gorgonopsia]]ns from the [[Wuchiapingian]] (Upper [[Permian]]) Cistecephalus zone of [[South Africa]]. It was medium-sized, about 1.2&nbsp;m in length.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sycosaurus - Palaeocritti - a guide to prehistoric animals |url=http://www.palaeocritti.com/by-group/gorgonopsia/sycosaurus |website=www.palaeocritti.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314233104/http://www.palaeocritti.com/by-group/gorgonopsia/sycosaurus |archive-date=March 14, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It was first named by [[Sidney H. Haughton|Haughton]] in 1924, and contains two species, ''S. laticeps'' and ''S. nowaki''.<ref>Kammerer CF. (2016) Systematics of the Rubidgeinae (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia) PeerJ 4:e1608 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1608</ref>
==References==
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== References ==
*[http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=39126&is_real_user=1 paleodb.org]
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{{Gorgonopsia}}
{{Gorgonopsia}}
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[[Category:Gorgonopsia]]
[[Category:Gorgonopsia]]
[[Category:Prehistoric therapsid genera]]
[[Category:Permian synapsids of Africa]]
[[Category:Permian synapsids of Africa]]
[[Category:Fossils of Tanzania]]
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[[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1924]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Friedrich von Huene]]


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Latest revision as of 09:04, 18 November 2024

Sycosaurus
Temporal range: Late Permian[1] 259–252.3 Ma
Holotype skull of S. laticeps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Gorgonopsia
Family: Gorgonopsidae
Subfamily: Rubidgeinae
Genus: Sycosaurus
Haughton, 1924
Type species
Sycosaurus laticeps
Species
  • S. laticeps Haughton, 1924
  • S. nowaki Broili & Schröder, 1936
Synonyms

Genus-level

  • Tetraodon Broili & Schröder, 1936
  • Tetradontonius Kuhn, 1961
  • Cephalicustriodus Parrington, 1974

S. nowaki

  • Tetraodon nowaki Broili & Schröder, 1936
  • Lycaenops kingoriensis Huene, 1950
  • Tetraodontonius nowaki Kuhn, 1961
  • Leontocephalus intactus Kemp, 1969
Restoration of S. laticeps with prey
Holotype of S. nowaki

Sycosaurus is an extinct genus of rubidgeine gorgonopsians from the Wuchiapingian (Upper Permian) Cistecephalus zone of South Africa. It was medium-sized, about 1.2 m in length.[2] It was first named by Haughton in 1924, and contains two species, S. laticeps and S. nowaki.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Sycosaurus". Fossilworks.
  2. ^ "Sycosaurus - Palaeocritti - a guide to prehistoric animals". www.palaeocritti.com. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016.
  3. ^ Kammerer CF. (2016) Systematics of the Rubidgeinae (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia) PeerJ 4:e1608 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1608