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Sycosaurus
Temporal range: Late Permian
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
Species
  • †S. laticeps Haughton, 1924 (type)
  • †S. nowaki (Broili & Schröder, 1936)
Restoration of S. laticeps with prey
Holotype of S. nowaki

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

  1. ^ http://www.palaeocritti.com/by-group/gorgonopsia/sycosaurus
  2. ^ Kammerer CF. (2016) Systematics of the Rubidgeinae (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia) PeerJ 4:e1608 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1608
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