PaleoDB taxon number: 56809
Synonym: Scylacorhinus Broom 1915 (taxon 77028)
Full reference: R. Broom. 1903. On Some New Primitive Theriodonts in the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum 4(2):147-158
Parent taxon: Therocephalia according to R. Broom 1915
Sister taxa: Alopecodontidae, Alopecopsidae, Alopecorhinus, Arnognathus, Arnognathus parvidens, Bauriida, Baurioidea, Crapartinellidae, Euchambersiidae, Eutherocephalia, Gorynychus, Ictidognathus, Ictidosuchus, Lycosaurus, Lycosuchida, Ordosidae, Pristerognathidae, Pristerosauria, Pristerosaurida, Regisauridae, Regisaurus, Scaloposaurida, Scylacoides, Scylacosaurida, Simorhinellidae, Tigrisuchus, Trochosuchus, Yikezhaogia
Subtaxa: Scylacosaurus sclateri
Type: Scylacosaurus sclateri
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