Synonyms: Cynariops Broom 1925, Eoarctops Haughton 1929, Galesuchus Haughton 1915, Scylacognathus Broom 1913
Full reference: R. Broom. 1911. On some New South African Permian Reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 81(4):1073-1082
Parent taxon: Gorgonopsia according to C. F. Kammerer et al. 2015
See also Boonstra 1969, Broom 1913, Carroll 1988, Haughton 1929 and Sigogneau-Russell 1989
Sister taxa: Broomisaurus planiceps, Cerdodon, Cynarioides gracilis, Cyniscodon, Cyniscodon lydekkeri, Cyniscops, Cynodraco, Cynodraco major, Cynodraco serridens, Dixeya, Estemmenosuchida, Galesuchidae, Gorgonopida, Gorgonopidae, Hipposaurus kitchingi, Ictidorhinida, Karoopes, Nikkasaurida, Nochnitsa, Phorcys, Scylacognathus major, Viatkogorgon, Watongiidae
Subtaxa: Eriphostoma microdon Scylacognathus grimbeeki Scylacognathus robustus
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of South Africa (15 collections)
Total: 15 collections including 17 occurrences
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