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Extinct genus of therapsids from Permian South Africa
Scaloposaurus
Temporal range: Late Permian
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Scientific classification
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Animalia
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Chordata
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Synapsida
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Therapsida
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Scaloposaurus
Owen, 1876
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Binomial name
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Scaloposaurus constrictus
Owen, 1876
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Scaloposaurus is an extinct genus of carnivorous therocephalians living during the Permian 259.0—254.0 Ma existing for approximately 5 million years.[1]
Taxonomy[]
Scaloposaurus was named by Owen (1876). It was assigned to Therocephalia by Broom (1913); and to Scaloposauridae by Carroll (1988).[2][3]
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References[]
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Clade: Synapsida
- Clade: Therapsida
- Clade: Eutheriodontia
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Category
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Geology of South Africa |
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Geological formations |
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Palaeoarchaean |
- Bushveld Igneous Complex
- Fig Tree Formation
- Komatii Formation
- Moodies Group
- Onverwacht Group
- Transvaal Supergroup
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Paleozoic |
- Carboniferous
- Dwyka Group
- Ganigobis Formation
- Devonian
- Bokkeveld Group
- Table Mountain Sandstone
- Permian
- Abrahamskraal Formation
- Balfour Formation
- Dwyka Group
- Ganigobis Formation
- Teekloof Formation
- Whitehill Formation
- Ordovician
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Mesozoic |
- Cretaceous
- Uitenhage Group
- Buffelskloof Formation
- Enon Formation
- Kirkwood Formation
- Sundays River Formation
- Kalahari Deposits
- Jurassic
- Karoo Supergroup
- Beaufort Group
- Abrahamskraal Formation
- Balfour Formation
- Katberg Formation
- Middleton Formation
- Teekloof Formation
- Dwyka Group
- Ecca Group
- Stormberg Group
- Triassic
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Mineral deposits |
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- Kimberlite
- Merensky Reef
- Witwatersrand
- Minerals Council South Africa
- Department of Mineral Resources (South Africa)
- Department of Mineral Resources and Energy
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Ordovician | |
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Devonian | |
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Carboniferous | |
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Permian | |
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Beaufort Group |
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Triassic | Assemblages |
- Cynognathus Assemblage Zone
- Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone
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Cretaceous | |
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Paleogene | |
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Neogene | |
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Pleistocene | |
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Research and administration |
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Geologists | |
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Paleontologists |
- Andrew Geddes Bain
- Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra
- Charles Kimberlin Brain
- Robert Broom
- Alfred Brown
- Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan
- H. Basil S. Cooke
- Alfred W. Crompton
- Daniel Rossouw Kannemeyer
- Andre Keyser
- James Kitching
- John Talbot Robinson
- George William Stow
- Eduard Meine van Zinderen-Bakker
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Category
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- Glossary
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Categories:
- Baurioids
- Therocephalia genera
- Lopingian synapsids of Africa
- Fossil taxa described in 1876
- Taxa named by Richard Owen
- Prehistoric therapsid stubs
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