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Scylacoides ferox

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
Osteichthyes()
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 265.10000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian265.1 - 254.17South Africa (Western Cape) Scylacoides ferox (176922)