Scaloporhinus
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| Scaloporhinus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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]
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