Scylacosauridae

Scylacosauridae Temporal range: Middle Permian-Early Triassic, 265–249 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Life restoration of Scylacosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Suborder:	†Therocephalia
Clade:	†Scylacosauria
Family:	†Scylacosauridae Broom, 1903
Genera
† † †Alopecognathus †Alopecorhinus †Cynariognathus †Glanosuchus †Hexacynodon? †? † †Ictidosaurus †Julognathus †Karrowalteria † † † †Porosteognathus †Pristerognathoides †Pristerognathus † † † †Scylacorhinus †Scylacosaurus †Scymnosaurus †Tamboeria? †Therioides †Zinnosaurus

Scylacosauridae is an extinct family of therocephalian therapsids. Scylacosaurids lived during the Permian period and were among the most basal therocephalians.^[1] The family was named by South African paleontologist Robert Broom in 1903.^[2] Scylacosaurids have long snouts and unusual saber-like canine teeth.^[3]

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External links[]

• Scylacosauridae in the Paleobiology Database

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