Scylacosaurus
Name:
Scylacosaurus.
Phonetic: Sil-a-so-sore-us.
Named By: Robert Broom - 1903.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Therocephalia, Scylacosauria, Scylacosauridae.
Species: S. sclateri (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Possibly up to 1 meter long.
Known locations: South Africa.
Time period: Early Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Scylacosaurus is a genus of therapsid that lived in South Africa.
Further reading
- On the structure of the palate in the primitive theriodonts. -
Geological Magazine 10 (8): 343–345. - Robert Broom -
1903.
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