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Scaloposaurus hoffmanni

Therocephalia - Scaloposauridae

Taxonomy
Scaloposaurus hoffmanni was named by Crompton (1955). It is not extant. Its type locality is Harrismith Commonage, which is in an Induan/Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Normandien Formation of South Africa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Scaloposaurus hoffmanni Crompton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderTherocephalia
—EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
suborderScaloposauridaHaughton 1924
superfamilyLycideopoideaBroom 1931
familyScaloposauridaeBroom 1914
genusScaloposaurusOwen 1876
specieshoffmanni

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.

†Scaloposaurus hoffmanni Crompton 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:42
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:42
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Olenekian or 252.17000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Free State) Scaloposaurus hoffmanni (type locality: 88282)