Sauroscaptor

Sauroscaptor
Temporal range: Lopingian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Anomodontia
Clade: Dicynodontia
Family: Cistecephalidae
Genus: Sauroscaptor
Kammerer, Bandyopadhyay, and Ray, 2016
Type species
S. tharavati
Kammerer, Bandyopadhyay, and Ray, 2016

Sauroscaptor is a genus of cistecephalid dicynodont from the upper Permian of India, containing one species, S. tharavati. It is remarkable for the extreme placement of its pineal foramen, which bulges out of the posterior margin of its skull.