Cyonosaurus

Cyonosaurus Temporal range: Late Permian

Life restoration of Cyonosaurus longiceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	Therapsida
Suborder:	†Gorgonopsia
Genus:	†Cyonosaurus Olsen, 1937
Species
†C. longiceps Olsen, 1937 (type) †C. rubidgei (Broom, 1937 [originally Cyniscops rubidgei]) †C. kitchingi (Broom, 1936 [originally Galerhynchus kitchingi]) †C. broomianus (von Huene, 1950 [originally Cyniscops broomianus]) †C. tenuirostris (Boonstra, 1953 [originally Tangagorgon tenuirostris])
Synonyms
Cyniscops Broom, 1937 Cyniscopoides Brink and Kitching, 1953 Tangagorgon Boonstra, 1953

Cyonosaurus is a genus of gorgonopsian therapsid from the Late Permian of South Africa. Cyonosaurus was 0.6 to 1.1 meters in length, with a skull 9 to 18 centimeters in length. The type species Cyonosaurus longiceps was named in 1937.