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Scaloposaurus

Therocephalia - Scaloposauridae

Taxonomy
Scaloposaurus was named by Owen (1876). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Therocephalia by Broom (1913); and to Scaloposauridae by Boonstra (1969) and Carroll (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Scaloposaurus Owen
1913Scaloposaurus Broom
1969Scaloposaurus Boonstra
1988Scaloposaurus Carroll

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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

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. †Scaloposaurus Owen 1876
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Scaloposaurus hoffmanni Crompton 1955
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: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Olenekian or 259.90000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) S. constrictus (177606)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Free State) S. constrictus, S. hoffmanni (88282)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Eastern Cape) S. constrictus (105610 177605)