Sycosaurus
Sycosaurus | |
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Holotype skull of S. laticeps | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | Therapsida |
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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Restoration of S. laticeps with prey
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Holotype of S. nowaki
Sycosaurus is an extinct genus of rubidgeine gorgonopsians. 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.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
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