Scalopodontes

Scalopodontes
Temporal range: Late Permian
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Life restoration of Scalopodontes kotelnichi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Therocephalia
Family: Ictidosuchidae
Genus:
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.