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Scaloposaurus Temporal range: Early Triassic |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | Therocephalia |
| Genus: |
Scaloposaurus Owen, 1876 |
| Binomial name | |
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Scaloposaurus constrictus Owen, 1876 |
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Scaloposaurus is an extinct carnivorous genus of therocephalian living during the Triassic 251.0—245.0 Ma existing for approximately 5 million years.
Scaloposaurus was named by Owen (1876). It is not extant. It was assigned to Therocephalia by Broom (1913); and to Scaloposauridae by Carroll (1988).