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Extinct genus of therapsids

Scullya
Temporal range: Capitanian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

See also

References

  1. L.D. Boonstra, 1969, "The Fauna of the Tapinocephalus Zone(Beaufort beds of the Karoo)", pg 37
Dinocephalia
Synapsida
Dinocephalia
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Dinocephalia
Dinocephalia
Rhopalodontidae?
Phreatosuchidae?
Anteosauria
Anteosauridae
Anteosaurinae
Syodontinae
Tapinocephalia
Estemmenosuchidae
Titanosuchidae
Tapinocephalidae
Tapinocephalinae
Anteosaurus magnificus Estemmenosuchus mirabilis
Taxon identifiers
Scullya gigas


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