| 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]