Titanosuchidae
Sign in to saveTitanosuchidae is an extinct family of dinocephalians known only from the middle Permian Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of South Africa.
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It is catalogued under topics including Guadalupian extinctions, Guadalupian first appearances and Prehistoric therapsid families.
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- Parent taxon
- Dinocephalia
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- Titanosuchus ferox.jpg
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- Titanosuchidae
- taxon name
- Titanosuchidae
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- family
- start time
- 270000000-
- end time
- 260000000-
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Titanosuchidae is an extinct family of dinocephalians known only from the middle Permian Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of South Africa.
The titanosuchids were large, omnivorous or herbivorous animals. As with other tapinocephalians, they had thickened skulls that may have been used in head-butting, but to a lesser degree than in Tapinocephalidae or Anteosauridae. They had large canine teeth, strong incisors with a "talon and heel" morphology, and leaf-shaped postcanine teeth. Two titanosuchid genera are recognized as valid: Jonkeria and Titanosuchus; they can be distinguished on the basis of limb proportions.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Titanosuchidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.