Scaloposuchus Broom 1940 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia

Full reference: R. Broom. 1940. Some new Karroo reptiles from the Graaff-Reinet district. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20:71-87

Parent taxon: Baurioidea according to A. K. Huttenlocker and C. A. Sidor 2016

See also Haughton 1965

Sister taxa: Bauriamorpha, Ictidosuchidae, Ictidosuchopsidae, Karenitidae, Lycideopidae, Pedaeosaurus, Regisaurus, Rhigosaurus, Silphedosuchidae, Silphoictidoides, Urumchia

Subtaxa: Scaloposuchus rubidgei

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Type: Scaloposuchus rubidgei

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Osfontein, Graaff-Reinet (Permian of South Africa)

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