| Scaloposaurus | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | †Therocephalia |
| Family: | †Scaloposauridae |
| Genus: | †Scaloposaurus Owen, 1876 |
| Type species | |
| Scaloposaurus constrictus Owen, 1876 | |
Scaloposaurus is anextinctgenus ofcarnivoroustherocephalians living during thePermian 259.0—254.0Ma existing for approximately5 million years.[1]
Scaloposaurus was named byOwen (1876). It was assigned to Therocephalia by Broom (1913); and to Scaloposauridae by Carroll (1988).[2][3]
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