Biology:Scaloporhinus
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Short description: Extinct genus of therapsids
| Scaloporhinus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | †Therocephalia |
| Family: | †Scaloposauridae |
| Genus: | †Scaloporhinus |
| Species: | †S. angulorugatus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Scaloporhinus angulorugatus Boonstra, 1953
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Scaloporhinus is a genus of extinct therocephalian from the Permian of South Africa . It contains the single species S. angulorugatus.[1] The species possesses a parietal foramen, a feature that is lost in many species of this group.[2]
References
- ↑ "Scaloporhinus angulorugatus". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=377477&is_real_user=1.
- ↑ Boonstra, L.D. (1953). "LIII. - A new Scaloposaurian genus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6: 601-605.
Wikidata ☰ Q116877778 entry
