Extinct genus of therapsids
Sycosaurus
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| Holotype skull of S. laticeps
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Chordata
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| Clade:
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Synapsida
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| Clade:
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Therapsida
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| Clade:
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†Gorgonopsia
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| Family:
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†Gorgonopsidae
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| Subfamily:
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†Rubidgeinae
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| Genus:
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†Sycosaurus
Haughton, 1924
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| Type species
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Sycosaurus laticeps
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| Species
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- †S. laticeps Haughton, 1924
- †S. nowaki Broili & Schröder, 1936
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| Synonyms
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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
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Restoration of S. laticeps with prey
Holotype of S. nowaki
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]
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