Titanosuchidae
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The titanosuchids were carnivorous to omnivorous (herbivorous?) tapinocephalid
dinocephalia
ns. As with other tapinocephalids, they had thick-skulls probably for head-butting. They appeared in the Middle Permian
. They had large canine teeth, and their incisors were very strong. Titanosuchids are related to other dinocephalians, such as the tapinocephalidae - a group that includes Moschops
. The most famous titanosuchids are Jonkeria
and Titanosuchus
. Like all other dinocephalia
ns, they went extinct in the Permian-Triassic extinction.
Tapinocephalia
The tapinocephalians are one of the major groups of dinocephalian therapsids. Unlike anteosaurs and estemmenosuchids, tapinocephalians are mainly from Africa and only one species is found in the north - Ulemosaurus from Russia. The tapinocephalians are divided into three clades, Styracocephalidae,...
dinocephalia
Dinocephalia
Dinocephalia are a clade of large early therapsids that flourished during the Middle Permian, but became extinct leaving no descendants.-Description:...
ns. As with other tapinocephalids, they had thick-skulls probably for head-butting. They appeared in the Middle Permian
Permian
The PermianThe term "Permian" was introduced into geology in 1841 by Sir Sir R. I. Murchison, president of the Geological Society of London, who identified typical strata in extensive Russian explorations undertaken with Edouard de Verneuil; Murchison asserted in 1841 that he named his "Permian...
. They had large canine teeth, and their incisors were very strong. Titanosuchids are related to other dinocephalians, such as the tapinocephalidae - a group that includes Moschops
Moschops
Moschops is an extinct genus of therapsid that lived in the Late Permian, around 255 million years ago. Therapsids were proto-mammals , which were the dominant land animals. Five metres long, Moschops was the largest land animal of its time, a herbivore preyed on by other therapsids...
. The most famous titanosuchids are Jonkeria
Jonkeria
Jonkeria was a very large herbivorous dinocephalian, from the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone, Lower Beaufort Group, of the South African Karroo...
and Titanosuchus
Titanosuchus
Titanosuchus ferox was a dinocephalian therapsid that lived in the Mid Permian epoch in South Africa. Despite the name, it was not related to crocodiles....
. Like all other dinocephalia
Dinocephalia
Dinocephalia are a clade of large early therapsids that flourished during the Middle Permian, but became extinct leaving no descendants.-Description:...
ns, they went extinct in the Permian-Triassic extinction.