''Scaloposaurus'' is an
extinct genus
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of
carnivorous
A carnivore , or meat-eater (Latin, ''caro'', genitive ''carnis'', meaning meat or "flesh" and ''vorare'' meaning "to devour"), is an animal or plant whose food and energy requirements derive from animal tissues (mainly muscle, fat and other ...
therocephalia
Therocephalia is an extinct suborder of eutheriodont therapsids (mammals and their close relatives) from the Permian and Triassic. The therocephalians ("beast-heads") are named after their large skulls, which, along with the structure of their ...
ns living during the
Permian
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259.0—254.0
Ma existing for approximately .
Taxonomy
''Scaloposaurus'' was named by
Owen (1876). It was assigned to Therocephalia by Broom (1913); and to Scaloposauridae by Carroll (1988).
[R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698]
See also
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List of therapsids
This list of therapsids is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the Therapsida excluding mammals and purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera tha ...
References
Baurioids
Therocephalia genera
Lopingian synapsids of Africa
Fossil taxa described in 1876
Taxa named by Richard Owen
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