Scylacoides ferox Broom 1915 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia

Full reference: R. Broom. 1915. Catalogue of types and figured specimens of fossil vertebrates in the American Museum of Natural History. II.–Permian, Triassic and Jurassic reptiles of South Africa. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 25(2):105-164

Belongs to Scylacoides according to R. Broom 1915

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH 5558

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Beaufort West Commonage (Tropidostoma & Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone) (Permian of South Africa)

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