Scylacosuchus

Extinct genus of therapsids from Permian Russia

Scylacosuchus
Temporal range: Late Permian (Lopingian)
Restoration of Scylacosuchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Therocephalia
Clade: Eutherocephalia
Genus: Scylacosuchus
Tatarinov, 1968
Type species
Scylacosuchus orenburgensis
Tatarinov, 1968

Scylacosuchus is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsids. It was a predatory eutherocephalian that lived in Lopingian epoch. Its fossils were found in Orenburg Oblast of Russia. The type species is Scylacosuchus orenburgensis.

References

  • Valentin P. Tverdokhlebov, Galina I. Tverdokhlebova, Alla V. Minikh, Mikhail V. Surkov, and Michael J. Benton, (2005) Upper Permian vertebrates and their sedimentological context in the South Urals, Russia, Earth-Science Reviews 69 27-77 55
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Scylacosauridae
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Scylacosuchus


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