Scylacosauridae
Scylacosauridae | |
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Life restoration of Scylacosaurus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | †Therocephalia |
Clade: | †Scylacosauria |
Family: | †Scylacosauridae Broom, 1903 |
Scylacosauridae is an extinct family of therocephalian therapsids. Scylacosaurids lived during the Permian period and were among the most basal therocephalians.[1] The family was named by South African paleontologist Robert Broom in 1903.[2] Scylacosaurids have long snouts and unusual saber-like canine teeth.[3]
References
- ↑ Huttenlocker, A. (2009). "An investigation into the cladistic relationships and monophyly of therocephalian therapsids (Amniota: Synapsida)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 157 (4): 865–891. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00538.x.
- ↑ Broom, R. (1903). "On the classification of the theriodonts and their allies". Report of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science. 1: 286–294.
- ↑ Valkenburgh, B. van; Jenkins, I. (2002). "Evolutionary patterns in the history of Permo-Triassic and Cenozoic synapsid predators" (PDF). In Kowalewski, M.; and Kelley, P.H. (eds.). The Fossil Record of Predation. 8. Paleontological Society Special Publications. pp. 267–289. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-17.
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