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Scylacosauridae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)164286https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=164286
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Therocephalia : Scylacosauridae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
-Eutherapsida
orderTherocephaliaBroom 1903
suborderScylacosauridaIvakhnenko 2011
familyScylacosauridaeBroom 1903
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Scylacosauridaefamilybelongs to Therocephaliastated with evidenceBroom, 1903
Scylacosauridaefamilybelongs to Pristerosauriastated without evidenceBattail and Surkov, 2000
Scylacosauridaefamilybelongs to Scylacosauroideastated without evidenceTatarinov, 2008
Scylacosauridaefamilybelongs to Therocephaliastated with evidenceAbdala et al., 2008
Scylacosauridaefamilybelongs to Scylacosauridastated with evidenceIvakhnenko, 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)8
First Recorded Appearance269 - 265 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance265 - 260 Ma
Permian
Environmentterrestrial (based on Amniota)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Therocephalia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Broom. 1903. On the Classification of the Theriodonts and their Allies. Report of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science 1:286-294

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Scylacosaurinae ✝
subfamily		listed (PBDB)
Glanosuchus ✝
genus		listed (PBDB)5269 Ma
Permian		265 Ma
Permian
Ictidosaurus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2269 Ma
Permian		265 Ma
Permian
Julognathus ✝
genus		listed (PBDB)1265 Ma
Permian		265 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1903Scylacosauridae Broom p. 292
2000Scylacosauridae Battail and Surkov
2008Scylacosauridae Abdala et al. p. 1012
2008Scylacosauridae Tatarinov
2011Scylacosauridae Ivakhnenko

References

Broom R. (1903) On the Classification of the Theriodonts and their Allies, Report of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science 1, 286-294
Battail B., Surkov M. V. (2000) Mammal-like reptiles from Russia, The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 86-119
Abdala F., Rubidge B. S., et al (2008) The Oldest Therocephalians (Therapsida, Eutheriodonta) and the Early Diversification of Therapsida, Palaeontology 51 4, 1011-1024 doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00784.x
Tatarinov L. P. (2008) Infraclass Therosauria, Iskopaemye pozvonotchnye Rossii i sopredel'nykh stran: Iskopaemye reptilii i ptitsy, Tchast' 1 [Fossil vertebrates of Russia and adjacent countries: Fossil reptiles and birds, Part 1], GEOS, Moscow, 184-223
Ivakhnenko M. F. (2011) Permian and Triassic therocephals (Eutherapsida) of Eastern Europe, Paleontological Journal 45 9, 981-1144
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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