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Scymnosaurus ferox

Therocephalia - Pristerognathidae

Taxonomy
Scymnosaurus ferox was named by Broom (1903). Its type specimen is SAM, a partial skull (Partial snout), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is "Near Beaufort West", which is in a Capitanian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa. It is the type species of Scymnosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Scymnosaurus ferox Broom
1913Scymnosaurus ferox Broom

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderTherocephalia
familyPristerognathidaeBroom 1908
subfamilyScymnosaurinaeBoonstra 1968
genusScymnosaurus
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.

Scymnosaurus ferox Broom 1903
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Diagnosis
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