Genus: Scylacoides BROOM, 1915
Etymology: Greek, skylak- (skylax), “young dog” and Latin, oides, "like": Dog-like one.

Species: ferox BROOM, 1915
Etymology: Latin, ferox, "wild, bold, fierce."

Holotype: AMNH 5558

Locality: Beaufort West, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Middle Abrahamskraal Formation.

Biostratigraphy: Pristerognathus Assemblage zone (Diictodon-Pristerognathus Assemblage zone, Tapinocephalus zone of WATSON 1914, KITCHING, 1970,1977)

Age: Early Tatarian age, Guadelupian Stage, Middle Zeichstein Epoch, Middle Permian.

Material: Fragmentary skull.