In Depth
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.
