''Scylacosaurus'' is an extinct genus of

therocephalian Therocephalia is an extinct suborder of eutheriodont therapsids (mammals and their close relatives) from the Permian and Triassic. The therocephalians ("beast-heads") are named after their large skulls, which, along with the structure of their t ...

therapsid Therapsida is a major group of eupelycosaurian synapsids that includes mammals, their ancestors and relatives. Many of the traits today seen as unique to mammals had their origin within early therapsids, including limbs that were oriented more ...

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Scylacosaurids Therocephalia genera Permian synapsids Lopingian synapsids of Africa Fossil taxa described in 1903 Taxa named by Robert Broom {{paleo-therapsid-stub