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]
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Sycosaurus
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| Holotype skull of S. laticeps |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Clade: |
Synapsida |
| Clade: |
Therapsida |
| Clade: |
†Gorgonopsia |
| Family: |
†Gorgonopsidae |
| Subfamily: |
†Rubidgeinae |
| Genus: |
†Sycosaurus
Haughton, 1924 |
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| Type species |
Sycosaurus laticeps
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| Species |
- †S. laticeps Haughton, 1924
- †S. nowaki Broili & Schröder, 1936
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| Synonyms |
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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
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Restoration of S. laticeps with prey
Holotype of S. nowaki
