Scaloposaurus
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| Scaloposaurus Temporal range: Early Triassic |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | Therocephalia |
| Genus: | Scaloposaurus Owen, 1876 |
| Binomial name | |
| Scaloposaurus constrictus Owen, 1876 |
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Scaloposaurus is an extinct carnivorous genus of therocephalian living during the Triassic 251.0—245.0 Ma existing for approximately 5 million years.[1]
Taxonomy [edit]
Scaloposaurus was named by Owen (1876). It is not extant. It was assigned to Therocephalia by Broom (1913); and to Scaloposauridae by Carroll (1988).[2][3]
References [edit]
- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Scaloposauridae, basic info
- ^ R. Broom. 1913. A revision of the reptiles of the Karroo. Annals of the South African Museum 7(6):361-366
- ^ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
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