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| fossil_range = [[Late Permian]] |
| fossil_range = [[Late Permian]] |
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| image = Sycosaurus |
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| image_caption = Holotype skull of ''S. laticeps'' |
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| authority = [[Sydney H. Haughton|Haughton]], [[1924 in paleontology|1924]] |
| authority = [[Sydney H. Haughton|Haughton]], [[1924 in paleontology|1924]] |
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* {{extinct}}''S. nowaki'' <small>(Broili & Schröder, 1936)</small> |
* {{extinct}}''S. nowaki'' <small>(Broili & Schröder, 1936)</small> |
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[[File:Sycosaurus kingor1.jpg|thumb|left|Restoration of ''S. laticeps'' with prey]] |
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'''''Sycosaurus''''' is an extinct genus of [[Gorgonopsia]]. It was medium-sized, about 1.2 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 [[Gorgonopsia]]. It was medium-sized, about 1.2 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> |
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| Sycosaurus Temporal range: Late Permian
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| Holotype skull of S. laticeps | |
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 two species, S. laticeps and S. nowaki.[2]
References
- ^ http://www.palaeocritti.com/by-group/gorgonopsia/sycosaurus
- ^ Kammerer CF. (2016) Systematics of the Rubidgeinae (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia) PeerJ 4:e1608 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1608
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