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Scaloposauridae
Taxonomy
Scaloposauridae was named by Broom (1914). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Therocephalia by Haughton and Brink (1954), Boonstra (1969); to Therocephalia by Kuhn (1946), Kemp (1982), Carroll (1988); to Ictidosuchoidea by Tatarinov (2008); and to Lycideopoidea by Ivakhnenko (2011).
It was assigned to Therocephalia by Haughton and Brink (1954), Boonstra (1969); to Therocephalia by Kuhn (1946), Kemp (1982), Carroll (1988); to Ictidosuchoidea by Tatarinov (2008); and to Lycideopoidea by Ivakhnenko (2011).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1914 | Scaloposauridae Broom |
| 1915 | Simorhinella Broom |
| 1915 | Simorhinella baini Broom |
| 1925 | Ictidoparia Broom |
| 1925 | Ictidoparia brevirostris Broom |
| 1946 | Scaloposauridae Kuhn p. 57 |
| 1954 | Scaloposauridae Haughton and Brink p. 7 |
| 1969 | Scaloposauridae Boonstra |
| 1982 | Scaloposauridae Kemp p. 349 |
| 1988 | Scaloposauridae Carroll |
| 1988 | Simorhinella Carroll |
| 2008 | Scaloposauridae Tatarinov |
| 2011 | Scaloposauridae Ivakhnenko |
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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.
Fm. †Scaloposauridae Broom 1914
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G. †Scalopolacerta Mendrez and Carroll 1979
Subfm. †Tetracynodontinae Ivakhnenko 2011
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G. †Zorillodontops Cluver 1969
Invalid names: Ictidoparia Broom 1925 [nomen dubium], Ictidoparia brevirostris Broom 1925 [nomen dubium], Simorhinella Broom 1915 [nomen dubium], Simorhinella baini Broom 1915 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Olenekian or 264.28000 to 246.70000 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Capitanian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Ictidoparia brevirostris (176250) | |
| Early/Lower Severodvinian | Russian Federation (Kirov) | Muchia microdenta (28854) | |
| Capitanian - Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Blattoidealestes gracilis (177588) | |
| Vyatkian | Russian Federation (Nizhnii Novgorod) | Malasaurus germanus (86356) | |
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Icticephalus polycynodon (171377) Scalopocephalus watsonianus (175565) | |
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | Octocynodon elegans (179590) | |
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Nanictocephalus richardi (179335) Pelictosuchus paucidens (174717) Scaloposaurus constrictus (177606) | |
| Lopingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Scaloporhinus angulorugatus (196741) | |
| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Pelictosuchus paucidens (80226) | |
| Induan - Olenekian | South Africa (Free State) | Scaloposaurus constrictus, Scaloposaurus hoffmanni (88282) | |
| Induan - Olenekian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Scaloposaurus constrictus (105610 177605) |