Scylacosauridae Explained

Scylacosauridae is an extinct family of therocephalian therapsids. Scylacosaurids lived during the Permian period and were among the most basal therocephalians.^[1] The family was named by South African paleontologist Robert Broom in 1903.^[2] Scylacosaurids have long snouts and unusual saber-like canine teeth.^[3]

External links

• Scylacosauridae in the Paleobiology Database

Notes and References

1. Huttenlocker . A. . 2009 . An investigation into the cladistic relationships and monophyly of therocephalian therapsids (Amniota: Synapsida) . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 157 . 4 . 865–891 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00538.x. free .
2. Broom . R. . 1903 . On the classification of the theriodonts and their allies . Report of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science . 1 . 286–294.
3. Book: Valkenburgh, B. van . Jenkins, I. . 2002 . Evolutionary patterns in the history of Permo-Triassic and Cenozoic synapsid predators . http://www.yale.edu/ypmip/predation/Chapter_10.pdf . The Fossil Record of Predation . Kowalewski, M. . Kelley, P.H. . Paleontological Society Special Publications . 8 . 267–289 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131017062835/http://www.yale.edu/ypmip/predation/Chapter_10.pdf . 2013-10-17 .