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 |
Type species | |
Sycosaurus laticeps | |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Genus-level
S. nowaki
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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]
Sycosaurus Temporal range:
Late Permian
[1]
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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 |
Type species | |
Sycosaurus laticeps | |
Species | |
| |
Synonyms | |
Genus-level
S. nowaki
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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]