Sycosaurus

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]

Sycosaurus Temporal range: Late Permian[1] 259–252.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Holotype skull of S. laticeps
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	†Gorgonopsia
Family:	†Gorgonopsidae
Subfamily:	†Rubidgeinae
Genus:	†Sycosaurus Haughton, 1924
Type species
Sycosaurus laticeps Haughton, 1924
Species
†S. laticeps Haughton, 1924 †S. nowaki Broili & Schröder, 1936
Synonyms
Genus-level Tetraodon Broili & Schröder, 1936 Tetradontonius Kuhn, 1961 Cephalicustriodus Parrington, 1974 S. nowaki Tetraodon nowaki Broili & Schröder, 1936 Lycaenops kingoriensis Huene, 1950 Tetraodontonius nowaki Kuhn, 1961 Leontocephalus intactus Kemp, 1969

Restoration of S. laticeps with prey

Holotype of S. nowaki