†family Scaloposauridae Broom 1914 (therapsid)
Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Scaloposauridae
Parent taxon: Lycideopoidea according to M. F. Ivakhnenko 2011
See also Boonstra 1969, Carroll 1988, Haughton and Brink 1954, Kemp 1982, Kuhn 1946 and Tatarinov 2008
Sister taxon: Annatherapsididae
Subtaxa: Blattoidealestes Icticephalus Ictidoparia Ictidoparia brevirostris Nanictocephalus Pelictosuchus Polycynodon Scalopocephalus Scalopolacerta Scaloporhinus Scaloposaurus Simorhinella Simorhinella baini Tetracynodontinae Zorillodontops
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of South Africa (3 collections)
• Permian of the Russian Federation (2), South Africa (10)
Total: 15 collections including 16 occurrences