Scaloposaurus
Extinct genus of therapsids from Permian South Africa
| Scaloposaurus Temporal range: Late Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | Therocephalia |
| Genus: | Scaloposaurus Owen, 1876 |
| Binomial name | |
| Scaloposaurus constrictus Owen, 1876 | |
Scaloposaurus is an extinct genus of carnivorous therocephalians living during the Permian 259.0—254.0 Ma existing for approximately 5 million years.[1]
Taxonomy
Scaloposaurus was named by Owen (1876). It was assigned to Therocephalia by Broom (1913); and to Scaloposauridae by Carroll (1988).[2][3]
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