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.

Scalopodontes
Temporal range: Late Permian
~265–252.3 Ma
Life restoration of Scalopodontes kotelnichi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Therocephalia
Family: Ictidosuchidae
Genus: Scalopodontes
Tatarinov 2000
Type species
S. kotelnichi
Tatarinov 2000

References edit

  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.