Biology:Sycosaurus
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Short description: Extinct genus of therapsids
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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 |
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| Sycosaurus laticeps Haughton, 1924
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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]
References
- ↑ "Sycosaurus". Fossilworks. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=140786.
- ↑ "Sycosaurus - Palaeocritti - a guide to prehistoric animals". http://www.palaeocritti.com/by-group/gorgonopsia/sycosaurus.
- ↑ Kammerer CF. (2016) Systematics of the Rubidgeinae (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia) PeerJ 4:e1608 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1608
Wikidata ☰ Q1946416 entry
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