Sycosaurus
Name:
Sycosaurus.
Phonetic: Sy-coe-sore-us.
Named By: S. H. Haughton - 1924.
Synonyms: Aelurognathus haughtoni,
Cephalicustriodus kingoriensis, Leontosaurus, Lycaenops
kingoriensis, Ruhuhucerberus terror, Sycosaurus vanderhorsti
Sigogneau.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida, Therapsida,
Gorgonopsidae, Rubidgeinae.
Species: S. laticeps
(type), S. kingoriensis, S. terror, S.
vanderhorsti.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: About 1.2 meters long for S.
laticeps,
to up to 2.5 meters long for S. kingoriensis.
Known locations: South Africa.Tanzania.
Time period: Wuchiapingian of the Permian.
Fossil representation: Various individuals.
Sycosaurus is a genus of gorgonopsid that lived in southern Africa during the late Permian period. As a gorgonopsid, Sycosaurus would have been a predator of other large vertebrates.
Further reading
- On some Gorgonopsian skulls in the collection of the South African
Museum. - Annals of the South African Museum, v. 12, p.
499-517. - S. H. Haughton - 1924.
- Die Theriodontier der ostafrikanischen Ruhuhu-Gebietes in der
Tubinger Sammlung [The Theriodontier the East African Ruhuhu-area in
the Tubinger collection]. - Ne�es Jahrbuch fur Geologie und
Palaontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 82, part 1, p. 47-136.
- F. von Huene - 1950.
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