Scaloporhinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Therocephalia
Family: Scaloposauridae
Genus: Scaloporhinus
Species:
S. angulorugatus
Binomial name
Scaloporhinus angulorugatus
Boonstra, 1953


Scaloporhinus is a genus of extinct therocephalian from the Permian of South Africa. It contains the single species S. angulorugatus.[1] The species possesses a parietal foramen, a feature that is lost in many species of this group.[2]

References

  1. "Scaloporhinus angulorugatus". Paleobiology Database.
  2. Boonstra, L.D. (1953). "LIII. - A new Scaloposaurian genus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6: 601–605.


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