Scylacosauridae

Scylacosauridae is an extinct family of therocephalian therapsids. Scylacosaurids lived during the Permian period and were among the most basal therocephalians.[1] The family was named by South African paleontologist Robert Broom in 1903.[2] Scylacosaurids have long snouts and unusual saber-like canine teeth.[3]

Scylacosauridae Temporal range: Middle Permian-Early Triassic, 265–249 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Life restoration of Scylacosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Therapsida
Suborder:	†Therocephalia
Clade:	†Scylacosauria
Family:	†Scylacosauridae Broom, 1903
Genera
†Alopecideops †Alopecodon †Alopecognathus †Alopecorhinus †Cynariognathus †Glanosuchus †Hexacynodon? †Hyorhynchus? †Ictidoparia †Ictidosaurus †Julognathus †Karrowalteria †Kotelcephalon †Maraisaurus †Pardosuchus †Porosteognathus †Pristerognathoides †Pristerognathus †Pristerosaurus †Ptomalestes †Scylacoides †Scylacorhinus †Scylacosaurus †Scymnosaurus †Tamboeria? †Therioides †Zinnosaurus

References

1. Huttenlocker, A. (2009). "An investigation into the cladistic relationships and monophyly of therocephalian therapsids (Amniota: Synapsida)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 157 (4): 865–891. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00538.x.
2. Broom, R. (1903). "On the classification of the theriodonts and their allies". Report of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science. 1: 286–294.
3. Valkenburgh, B. van; Jenkins, I. (2002). "Evolutionary patterns in the history of Permo-Triassic and Cenozoic synapsid predators" (PDF). In Kowalewski, M.; Kelley, P.H. (eds.). The Fossil Record of Predation. 8. Paleontological Society Special Publications. pp. 267–289. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-17.

External links

• Scylacosauridae in the Paleobiology Database