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Pelictosuchus

Therocephalia - Scaloposauridae

Taxonomy
Pelictosuchus was named by Broom (1940). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Scaloposauridae by Haughton (1965).

Species
P. paucidens

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Pelictosuchus Broom p. 163 fig. 6
1965Pelictosuchus Haughton

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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
genusPelictosuchusBroom 1940

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. †Pelictosuchus Broom 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available