| Scylacosaurus Temporal range: Permian | |
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| Skulls including that of the holotype (C-K) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | † Therocephalia |
| Family: | † Scylacosauridae |
| Genus: | † Scylacosaurus Broom, 1903 |
| Type species | |
| †Scylacosaurus sclateri Broom, 1903 | |
Scylacosaurus is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsids that lived during the Permian period. [1] It contains one species Scylacosaurus sclateri. [2]