# Sycosaurus

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of therapsids}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = [Late Permian](/source/Late_Permian)<ref name=Fossilworks>{{cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=140786|title=Sycosaurus|publisher=[Fossilworks](/source/Fossilworks)}}</ref> {{fossil_range|259|252.3}}
| image = Sycosaurus.png
| image_upright = 1.15
| image_caption = Holotype skull of ''S. laticeps''
| taxon = Sycosaurus
| authority = Haughton, 1924
| type_species = '''''Sycosaurus laticeps'''''
| type_species_authority = [Haughton](/source/Sydney_H._Haughton), [1924](/source/1924_in_paleontology)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
* {{extinct}}'''''S. laticeps''''' <small>Haughton, 1924</small>
* {{extinct}}'''''S. nowaki''''' <small>Broili & Schröder, 1936</small>
| synonyms =
'''Genus-level'''
* ''Tetraodon'' <small>Broili & Schröder, 1936</small>
* ''Tetradontonius'' <small>Kuhn, 1961</small>
* ''Cephalicustriodus'' <small>Parrington, 1974</small>
'''''S. nowaki'''''
*''Tetraodon nowaki'' <small>Broili & Schröder, 1936</small>
*''Lycaenops kingoriensis'' <small>Huene, 1950</small>
*''Tetraodontonius nowaki'' <small>Kuhn, 1961</small>
*''Leontocephalus intactus'' <small>Kemp, 1969</small>
}}
thumb|left|Restoration of ''S. laticeps'' with prey 
thumb|left|Holotype of ''S. nowaki''

'''''Sycosaurus''''' is an extinct [genus](/source/genus) of [rubidgeine](/source/Rubidgeinae) [gorgonopsia](/source/gorgonopsia)ns from the [Wuchiapingian](/source/Wuchiapingian) (Upper [Permian](/source/Permian)) Cistecephalus zone of [South Africa](/source/South_Africa). It was medium-sized, about 1.2&nbsp;m in length.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sycosaurus - Palaeocritti - a guide to prehistoric animals |url=http://www.palaeocritti.com/by-group/gorgonopsia/sycosaurus |website=www.palaeocritti.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314233104/http://www.palaeocritti.com/by-group/gorgonopsia/sycosaurus |archive-date=March 14, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It was first named by [Haughton](/source/Sidney_H._Haughton) in 1924, and contains two species, ''S. laticeps'' and ''S. nowaki''.<ref>Kammerer CF. (2016) Systematics of the Rubidgeinae (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia) PeerJ 4:e1608 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1608</ref>

== References ==
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Category:Gorgonopsia
Category:Prehistoric therapsid genera
Category:Permian synapsids of Africa
Category:Fossils of Tanzania
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1924
Category:Taxa named by Friedrich von Huene

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