†Scylacops bigendens Brink and Kitching 1953 (therapsid)
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Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Alternative combination: Sycocephalus bigendens
Full reference: A. S. Brink and J. W. Kitching. 1953. Studies on new specimens of the Gorgonopsia. Palaeontologia Africana 1:1-28
Belongs to Scylacops according to D. S. Sigogneau-Russell 1989
See also Brink and Kitching 1953
Sister taxon: Scylacops capensis
Type specimen: BP/1/266, a skull
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sondagsriviershoek (Permian of South Africa)
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