Sycosaurus

Sycosaurus Temporal range: Late Permian259–252.3 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Holotype skull of S. laticeps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	Therapsida
Family:	†Gorgonopsidae
Subfamily:	†Rubidgeinae
Genus:	†Sycosaurus Haughton, 1924
Type species
Sycosaurus laticeps Haughton, 1924
Species
†S. laticeps Haughton, 1924 †S. nowaki Broili & Schröder, 1936
Synonyms
Tetraodon Broili & Schröder, 1936 Tetradontonius Kuhn, 1961 Cephalicustriodus Parrington, 1974

Sycosaurus is an extinct genus of rubidgeine gorgonopsian. It was medium-sized, about 1.2 m in length. It was first named by Haughton in 1924, and contains two species, S. laticeps and S. nowaki.