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Lycosuchidae is an
extinct family of
therocephalian therapsids from the
Middle Permian Beaufort Group of
South Africa. It
currently includes only two monospecific...
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individual subgroup of
early therocephalians (alongside
others such as
Lycosuchidae, Alopecodontidae, and Ictidosauridae) to encomp****ing the
entirety of...
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families of therocephalians. S.
ferox and S.
major represent specimens of
Lycosuchidae incertae sedis,
while S.
watsoni is
Scylacosauridae incertae sedis. Broom...
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Family †Gorgonopsidae
Eutheriodontia Suborder †Therocephalia
Family †
Lycosuchidae (unranked) †Scylacosauria
Family †Scylacosauridae
Infraorder †Eutherocephalia...
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palaeontologist Robert Broom in 1936.
Trochorhinus is
identifiable as a
member of
Lycosuchidae by only
having five
upper incisors in each premaxilla, but the specimen...
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basal therocephalian Lycosuchus and so
placed it in the
family Lycosuchidae,
though its
precise evolutionary relationships remain untested. The holotype...
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multiple weathered and
distorted fossils of
therocephalians of the
family Lycosuchidae. Like
other lycosuchids,
specimens placed in
Trochosaurus have only five...
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condition is
rarely preserved).
Lycosuchus forms the
basis of the
family Lycosuchidae and is a
distinct lineage from most
other early therocephalians (most...
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regarded by
researchers as a
nomen dubium (dubious name)
based on
Lycosuchidae incertae sedis. The
holotype specimen, SAM-PK-1076, was
collected by...
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Scylacosauridae and
Eutherocephalia form this
clade to the
exclusion of
Lycosuchidae, the most
basal therocephalian family. Thus,
Scylacosauria includes all...
