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Scaloposuchus

Therocephalia

Taxonomy
Scaloposuchus was named by Broom (1940). Its type is Scaloposuchus rubidgei.

It was assigned to Scaloposauridae by Haughton (1965); and to Baurioidea by Huttenlocker and Sidor (2016).

Species
S. rubidgei (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Scaloposuchus Broom p. 73
1965Scaloposuchus Haughton
2016Scaloposuchus Huttenlocker and Sidor

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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
—EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
superfamilyBaurioideaBroom 1911
genusScaloposuchus

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.

G. †Scaloposuchus Broom 1940
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†Scaloposuchus rubidgei Broom 1940
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:57
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.51000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902South Africa (Eastern Cape) S. rubidgei (179588)