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Scylacosauroidea (disused)

Therocephalia

Taxonomy
Scylacosauroidea was named by Broom (1903). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pristerosaurida by Tatarinov (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Scylacosauroidea Broom
2008Scylacosauroidea Tatarinov

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderTherocephalia
suborderPristerosaurida
superfamilyScylacosauroideaBroom 1903
superfamilyScylacosauroideaBroom 1903

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. †Scylacosauroidea Broom 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available