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Scylacoides ferox

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia

Taxonomy
Scylacoides ferox was named by Broom (1915). It is not extant. Its type specimen is AMNH 5558. It is the type species of Scylacoides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Scylacoides ferox Broom p. 119 fig. 7

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

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.

†Scylacoides ferox Broom 1915
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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: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 264.28000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.14South Africa (Western Cape) Scylacoides ferox (176922)