Biology:Scalopodontes

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Short description: Extinct genus of therapsid from Late Permian Russia

Scalopodontes
Temporal range: Late Permian
~265–252.3 Ma
Scalopodontes kotelnichi.jpg
Life restoration of Scalopodontes kotelnichi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Therocephalia
Family: Ictidosuchidae
Genus: Scalopodontes
Tatarinov 2000
Type species
S. kotelnichi
Tatarinov 2000

Scalopodontes is an extinct genus of therocephalian which existed in Russia during the Late Permian period. The type species is Scalopodontes kotelnichi.[1] Fossils have been found in the Sokolki Assemblage Zone of the Urpalov Formation.

References

  1. Tatarinov, L.P. (2000). "New material on Scaloposaurians (Reptilia, Theriodontia) from the Upper Permian of the Kotelnich Locality, Kirov Region". Paleontological Journal 34 (supplement 2): S187-S202. 

Wikidata ☰ Q767612 entry