| Named By: | Robert Broom in 1903 | 
| Time Period: | Permian | 
| Location: | South Africa | 
| Size: | Possibly up to 1 meter long | 
| Diet: | Carnivore | 
| Fossil(s): | Partial remains | 
| Classification: | | Chordata | Synapsida | Therapsida | Therocephalia | Scylacosauria | Scylacosauridae | | 
Scylacosaurus is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsid.