†Scylacops Broom 1913 (therapsid)
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Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Synonym: Sycocephalus Brink and Kitching 1953
Parent taxon: Gorgonopsinae according to D. S. Sigogneau-Russell 1989
See also Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Aelurosaurus, Aloposaurus, Arctognathus, Arctops, Broomisaurus, Cerdorhinus, Cyonosaurus, Gorgonops, Lycaenops, Paragalerhinus, Pravoslavlevia
Subtaxa: Scylacops bigendens Scylacops capensis
Type: Scylacops capensis
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of South Africa (4 collections), Zambia (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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