†family Lycosuchidae Haughton and Brink 1954 (therapsid)
Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Lycosuchidae
Full reference: S. H. Haughton and A. S. Brink. 1954. A bibliographical list of Reptilia from the Karroo Beds of South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 2:1-187
Parent taxon: Lycosuchoidea according to M. F. Ivakhnenko 2011
See also Boonstra 1969 and Haughton and Brink 1954
Sister taxon: Kotelcephalonidae
Subtaxa: Hyaenasuchus Lycosuchus Porosteognathus Trochorhinus Trochosaurus
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (2 collections), South Africa (3)
Total: 5 collections including 9 occurrences