Scylacosauridae is an
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
family of
therocephalian
therapsids. Scylacosaurids lived during the
Permian period and were among the most
basal
Basal or basilar is a term meaning ''base'', ''bottom'', or ''minimum''.
Science
* Basal (anatomy), an anatomical term of location for features associated with the base of an organism or structure
* Basal (medicine), a minimal level that is nec ...
therocephalians.
The family was named by
South African paleontologist
Robert Broom in 1903.
Scylacosaurids have long snouts and unusual saber-like canine teeth.
References
External links
Scylacosauridaein the
Paleobiology Database
Guadalupian first appearances
Lopingian extinctions
Prehistoric therapsid families
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