Scalopognathus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | †Therocephalia |
Family: | †Scalopognathidae |
Genus: | †Scalopognathus |
Species: | †S. multituberculatus
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Binomial name | |
†Scalopognathus multituberculatus Tatarinov, 1974
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Scalopognathus multituberculatus is a therocephalian from the Early Triassic of the Komi Republic of Russia.[1] It was first named and described in 1974 by Leonid Tatarinov from a singular lower jaw.[2][3] He later found more material, including a partial skull and a few vertebrae, belonging to this species.[1] It is currently the only species in the genus Scalopognathus.