Macroscelesaurus
Macroscelesaurus is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsid from the Late Permian of South Africa. The type species Macroscelesaurus janseni was named by Sidney H. Haughton in 1918 from the Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone. It is one of the few therocephalians known from postcranial remains.
| Macroscelesaurus Temporal range: Late Permian | |
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| Illustration of the holotype skeleton of Macroscelesaurus janseni, 1918 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | †Therocephalia |
| Superfamily: | †Baurioidea |
| Genus: | †Macroscelesaurus Haughton, 1918 |
| Type species | |
| †Macroscelesaurus janseni Haughton, 1918 | |
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