†Sycosaurus laticeps Haughton 1924 (therapsid)
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Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Belongs to Sycosaurus according to C. F. Kammerer 2016
See also Huene 1937 and Sigogneau-Russell 1989
Sister taxon: Sycosaurus nowaki
Type specimen: SAM-PK-4022, a skull. Its type locality is Zuurplaats, Suurplaas, Graaff-Reinet (Dicynodon Assemblage Zone), which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
Ecology: planktonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Zuurplaats, Suurplaas, Graaff-Reinet (Dicynodon Assemblage Zone)
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