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Scaloposaurus

Description

Scaloposaurus is an extinct genus of carnivorous therocephalians living during the Permian 259.0—254.0 Ma existing for approximately 5 million years.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4819289https://www.gbif.org/species/4819289
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)39160https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39160
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Scaloposaurus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Therocephalia : Scaloposauridae : Scaloposaurus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
suborderScaloposauridaHaughton 1924
superfamilyLycideopoideaBroom 1931
familyScaloposauridaeBroom 1914
genusScaloposaurusOwen 1876
Scientific NameScaloposaurus Owen, 1876
Name Published InCat. Foss. Rept. S. Afr. Brit. Mus.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Scaloposaurusgenusbelongs to Therocephaliastated without evidenceBroom, 1913
Scaloposaurusgenusbelongs to Scaloposauridaestated with evidenceBoonstra, 1969
Scaloposaurusgenusbelongs to ScaloposauridaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance260 - 254 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance252 - 247 Ma
Phanerozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Amniota)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Scaloposauridae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Broom. 1913. A revision of the reptiles of the Karroo. Annals of the South African Museum 7(6):361-366
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaloposaurus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Scaloposaurus constrictus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4260 Ma
Permian
252 Ma
Permian
Scaloposaurus hoffmanni
species
listed (PBDB)1252 Ma
Permian
252 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1876Scaloposaurus Owen
1913Scaloposaurus Broom
1969Scaloposaurus Boonstra
1988Scaloposaurus Carroll

References

Broom R. (1913) A revision of the reptiles of the Karroo, Annals of the South African Museum 7 6, 361-366
Boonstra L. D. (1969) The fauna of the Tapinocephalus Zone (Beaufort Beds of the Karoo), Annals of the South African Museum 56 1, 1-73
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Cat. Foss. Rept. S. Afr. Brit. Mus. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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