Rank Genus | Class Synapsida Phylum Chordata Order Therapsid | |
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Similar Hofmeyria, Ericiolacerta, Tetracynodon, Baurioidea, Regisauridae | ||
Scaloposaurus is an extinct carnivorous genus of therocephalian living during the Triassic 251.0—245.0 Ma existing for approximately 5 million years.
Taxonomy
Scaloposaurus was named by Owen (1876). It is not extant. It was assigned to Therocephalia by Broom (1913); and to Scaloposauridae by Carroll (1988).
References
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