Scullya
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]
| Scullya Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
See also
References
- L.D. Boonstra, 1969, "The Fauna of the Tapinocephalus Zone(Beaufort beds of the Karoo)", pg 37
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