Sycosaurus information

Sycosaurus; Temporal range: Late Permian 259–252.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Holotype skull of S. laticeps
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	†Gorgonopsia
Family:	†Gorgonopsidae
Subfamily:	†Rubidgeinae
Genus:	†Sycosaurus; Haughton, 1924
Type species
	Sycosaurus laticeps; Haughton, 1924
Species
	†S. laticeps Haughton, 1924; †S. nowaki Broili & Schröder, 1936;
Synonyms
	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;

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". Fossilworks.
^ "Sycosaurus - Palaeocritti - a guide to prehistoric animals". www.palaeocritti.com. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016.
^ Kammerer CF. (2016) Systematics of the Rubidgeinae (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia) PeerJ 4:e1608 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1608

[Fossilworks-1] "Sycosaurus". Fossilworks.

[2] "Sycosaurus - Palaeocritti - a guide to prehistoric animals". www.palaeocritti.com. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016.

[3] Kammerer CF. (2016) Systematics of the Rubidgeinae (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia) PeerJ 4:e1608 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1608

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Sycosaurus Temporal range: Late Permian^[1] 259–252.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

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