Scullya

Scullya
Temporal range: Capitanian
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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.

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References

  1. ↑ L.D. Boonstra, 1969, "The Fauna of the Tapinocephalus Zone(Beaufort beds of the Karoo)", pg 37