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{{short description|Extinct genus of therapsids from Permian South Africa}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Late Permian}}
| image = ScaloposaurusDB.jpg
| taxon = Scaloposaurus
| authority = [[Richard Owen|Owen]], 1876
| type_species = Scaloposaurus constrictus
| type_species_authority = Owen, 1876
}}

'''''Scaloposaurus''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[carnivorous]] [[therocephalia]]ns living during the [[Permian]] 259.0—254.0 [[Annum|Ma]] existing for approximately {{Mya|259-254|million years}}.<ref>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39158 PaleoBiology Database: ''Scaloposauridae'', basic info]</ref>

==Taxonomy==
''Scaloposaurus'' was named by [[Richard Owen|Owen]] (1876). It was assigned to Therocephalia by Broom (1913); and to Scaloposauridae by Carroll (1988).<ref>R. Broom. 1913. A revision of the reptiles of the Karroo. Annals of the South African Museum 7(6):361-366</ref><ref>R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of therapsids]]

==References==
{{Commons category|Scaloposaurus}}
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{{Therocephalia|B.}}
{{Geology of South Africa|paleontology}}
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[[Category:Baurioidea]]
[[Category:Therocephalia genera]]
[[Category:Lopingian synapsids of Africa]]
[[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1876]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Richard Owen]]

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