Sycosaurus
| Sycosaurus Temporal range: Late Permian[1]
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| Holotype skull of S. laticeps | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | †Gorgonopsia |
| Family: | †Gorgonopsidae |
| Subfamily: | †Rubidgeinae |
| Genus: | †Sycosaurus Haughton, 1924 |
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| Sycosaurus laticeps Haughton, 1924
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Genus-level
S. nowaki
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Restoration of S. laticeps with prey
Holotype of S. nowaki
Sycosaurus is an extinct genus of rubidgeine gorgonopsians from the Usili Formation () of Tanzania. 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]
References[]
- ^ "Sycosaurus". Fossilworks.
- ^ "Argentinosaurus - Facts and Pictures". 11 January 2016.
- ^ Kammerer CF. (2016) Systematics of the Rubidgeinae (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia) PeerJ 4:e1608 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1608
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