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Scylacoides

Therocephalia

Taxonomy
Scylacoides was named by Broom (1915). It is not extant. Its type is Scylacoides ferox.

It was assigned to Therocephalia by Broom (1915).

Species
S. ferox (type species)

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

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

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

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 264.28000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.17South Africa (Western Cape) S. ferox (176922)