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Scalopocephalus

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Scalopocephalus
Temporal range: Late Permian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: †Therocephalia
Superfamily: †Baurioidea
Genus: †Scalopocephalus
Huene, 1938
Type species
†Scalopocephalus watsonianus
Huene, 1937

Scalopocephalus is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa. German paleontologist Friedrich von Huene discovered the holotype skull of Scalopocephalus from the Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone in 1924 and named the type species Scalopocephalus watsonianus in 1937. Scalopocephalus is similar in appearance to Scaloposaurus and was first classified in the family Scaloposauridae.[1] Scaloposauridae is no longer recognized as a valid group, and Scalopocephalus is now classified as a basal member of Baurioidea.

References

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  1. ^ Huene, F.F. von (1937). "Drei Theriodontier-Schädel aus Südafrika". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 19 (3–4): 297–315. doi:10.1007/bf03042247.
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