Scullya
Extinct genus of therapsids
Scullya Temporal range: Capitanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | †Dinocephalia |
Family: | †Titanosuchidae |
Genus: | †Scullya Broom, 1923 |
Species: | †S. gigas |
Binomial name | |
†Scullya gigas Broom, 1929 |
Scullya is an extinct genus of titanosuchian therapsids. It is known from a poorly preserved snout that shows no clear titanosuchian characters. The presence of teeth on the palate may be an anteosaurian character. It is considered an indeterminable specimen.[1]
See also
References
- ^ L.D. Boonstra, 1969, "The Fauna of the Tapinocephalus Zone(Beaufort beds of the Karoo)", pg 37
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