Scaloposaurus Owen 1876 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Scaloposauridae

Parent taxon: Scaloposauridae according to L. D. Boonstra 1969

See also Broom 1913 and Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Blattoidealestes, Icticephalus, Ictidoparia, Ictidoparia brevirostris, Nanictocephalus, Pelictosuchus, Polycynodon, Scalopocephalus, Scalopolacerta, Scaloporhinus, Simorhinella, Simorhinella baini, Tetracynodontinae, Zorillodontops

Subtaxa: Scaloposaurus constrictus Scaloposaurus hoffmanni

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of South Africa (3 collections)

• Permian of South Africa (1)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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