Struthiocephalus
| Struthiocephalus Temporal range: Capitanian, | |
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| Life restoration of Struthiocephalus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Dinocephalia |
| Family: | †Tapinocephalidae |
| Genus: | †Struthiocephalus Haughton, 1915 |
| Species: | †S. whaitsi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Struthiocephalus whaitsi Haughton, 1915 | |
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Struthiocephalus ("ostrich head") is an extinct genus of dinocephalian therapsids from the Permian of South Africa. It was a large animal, reaching 288 kg (635 lb) in body mass.