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Sycosaurus

Gorgonopidae

Taxonomy
Sycosaurus was named by Haughton (1924). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Gorgonopsidae by Carroll (1988); and to Rubidgeinae by Sigogneau-Russell (1989) and Kammerer (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Sycosaurus Haughton
1936Tetraodon Broili and Schröder
1961Tetraodontonius Kuhn
1964Tetraodontonius Kuhn p. 325
1974Cephalicustriodus Parrington p. 51
1988Sycosaurus Carroll
1989Cephalicustriodus Sigogneau-Russell
1989Sycosaurus Sigogneau-Russell
2016Sycosaurus Kammerer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
suborderGorgonopsia
familyGorgonopidae(Lydekker 1890)
subfamilyRubidgeinae
genusSycosaurusHaughton 1924

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Sycosaurus Haughton 1924
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†Sycosaurus laticeps Haughton 1924
†Sycosaurus nowaki Broili and Schröder 1936
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Invalid names: Leontocephalus intactus Kemp 1969 [synonym], Lycaenops kingoriensis Huene 1950 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cephalicustriodus Parrington 1974 [synonym], Tetraodon Broili and Schröder 1936 [synonym], Tetraodontonius Kuhn 1961 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:07
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:07
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Tanzania (Ruvuma) S. nowacki (135698 180461 190330) Tetraodon nowaki, Lycaenops kingoriensis (181520)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) S. laticeps (177563)