Biology:Scalopognathus

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Short description: Extinct genus of therapsids

Scalopognathus
Temporal range: 252.3–251.3 Ma
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Therocephalia
Family: Scalopognathidae
Genus: Scalopognathus
Species:
S. multituberculatus
Binomial name
Scalopognathus multituberculatus
Tatarinov, 1974

Scalopognathus multituberculatus is a therocephalian from the Early Triassic of the Komi Republic of Russia .[1] It was first named and described in 1974 by Leonid Tatarinov from a singular lower jaw.[2][3] He later found more material, including a partial skull and a few vertebrae, belonging to this species.[1] It is currently the only species in the genus Scalopognathus.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Tatarinov, L.P. (1998). "New data on Scalopognathus multituberculatus, a theriodont from the Lower Triasic of the Pechora Basin (Komi Republic), with special reference to the taxonomic status of scaloposaurs". Paleontological Journal 32 (1): 64–72. 
  2. Tatarinov, L.P. (1974). "Theriodonts of the USSR". Treaties of the Paleontological Institute 143: 1–252. 
  3. "Fossilworks: Scalopognathus". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=38477. 

Wikidata ☰ Q117190719 entry