UCMP 42667, a complete skeleton of a lycosuchid.[1]
Lycosuchidae is an extinct family of therocephalian therapsids from the Middle Permian Beaufort Group of South Africa. It currently contains two monotypic genera, Lycosuchus, represented by L. vanderrieti, which was named by paleontologist Robert Broom in 1903, and Simorhinella, represented by S. baini, which was named by Broom in 1915. Both species are characterized by their large body sizes and short, deep snouts. Two sets of enlarged canine teeth were once regarded as a defining feature of lycosuchids, but recent studies have proposed that the front-most pair are replacements for the ones behind them, which would have eventually fallen out as individuals aged. Lycosuchids are the earliest known therocephalians and are also thought to be the most basal.[2]
^Kammerer, C. E. (2023). "Revision of the Scylacosauridae (Therapsida: Therocephalia)". Palaeontologia africana. 56: 51–87. ISSN 2410-4418.
^Abdala, F.; Kammerer, C. F.; Day, M. O.; Jirah, S.; Rubidge, B. S. (2014). "Adult morphology of the therocephalian Simorhinella bainifrom the middle Permian of South Africa and the taxonomy, paleobiogeography, and temporal distribution of the Lycosuchidae". Journal of Paleontology. 88 (6): 1139. doi:10.1666/13-186.
Lycosuchidae is an extinct family of therocephalian therapsids from the Middle Permian Beaufort Group of South Africa. It currently contains two monotypic...
individual subgroup of early therocephalians (alongside others such as Lycosuchidae, Alopecodontidae, and Ictidosauridae) to encompassing the entirety of...
families of therocephalians. S. ferox and S. major represent specimens of Lycosuchidae incertae sedis, while S. watsoni is Scylacosauridae incertae sedis. Broom...
Family †Gorgonopsidae Eutheriodontia Suborder †Therocephalia Family †Lycosuchidae (unranked) †Scylacosauria Family †Scylacosauridae Infraorder †Eutherocephalia...
of therocephalian therapsid from South Africa based upon specimens of Lycosuchidae. Three species of Trochosaurus have appeared in literature, T. intermedius...
and (in South Africa) the basal therocephalians Scylacosauridae and Lycosuchidae, gorgonopsians evolved from small and uncommon forms into large apex...
265—260 Ma existing for approximately 5 million years. As a member of the Lycosuchidae, the genus represents one of the earliest diverging therocephalians....
now regarded by researchers as a nomen dubium (dubious name) based on Lycosuchidae incertae sedis. The holotype specimen, SAM-PK-1076, was collected by...
different animal from Eotitanosuchus. As with the therocephalian family Lycosuchidae, these may simply be replacement canines. There are few known animals...
Scylacosauridae and Eutherocephalia form this clade to the exclusion of Lycosuchidae, the most basal therocephalian family. Thus, Scylacosauria includes all...
and the taxonomy, paleobiogeography, and temporal distribution of the Lycosuchidae". Journal of Paleontology. 88 (6): 1139–1153. Bibcode:2014JPal...88.1139A...
related to the basal therocephalian Lycosuchus, placing it in the family Lycosuchidae. Broom, R. (1915). "On some new Carnivorous Therapsids in the Collection...
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