Styracocephalus

Styracocephalus (Greek for "spiked-head") is an extinct genus of dinocephaliantherapsid known from the late Middle Permian (Capitanian) Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of South Africa. It has a single species Styracocephalus platyrhynchus. It is the only member of the family Styracocephalidae. The species is primarily known from skulls, which have distinctive large backward-protruding horns and other thickened bones.