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| Sycosaurus Temporal range: Late Permian
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| Life restoration of Sycosaurus kingorensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | †Gorgonopsia |
| Family: | †Gorgonopsidae |
| Subfamily: | †Rubidgeinae |
| Genus: | †Sycosaurus Haughton, 1924 |
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Sycosaurus is an extinct genus of Gorgonopsia. It was medium-sized, about 1.2 m in length. [1] It was first named by Haughton in 1924, and contains three species, S. laticeps (the type species), S. kingoriensis, and S. vanderhorsti.[2] A fourth species, S. brodiei, has been reassigned to the genus Prorubidgea. S. vanderhorsti may be synonymous with S. laticeps.[3] One distinguishing feature of Scycosaurus is its dentition; in each side of the upper jaw, it has five incisors, one enlarged canine, and five postcanine teeth.[2]
References
- ^ http://www.palaeocritti.com/by-group/gorgonopsia/sycosaurus
- ^ a b Palaeontologia Africana; page 123. By Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research; published 1953. Retrieved on June 24, 2008.
- ^ Gebauer, E.V.I. (2007). Phylogeny and evolution of the Gorgonopsia with a special reference to the skull and skeleton of GPIT/RE/7113 ('Aelurognathus?' parringtoni) (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). Tübingen: Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen. pp. 1–316.
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