Titanosuchidae
Extinct family of therapsids
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Titanosuchidae is an extinct family of dinocephalians known only from the middle Permian Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of South Africa.[2]
| Titanosuchidae Temporal range: Middle Permian, | |
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| Life restoration of Titanosuchus ferox | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Dinocephalia |
| Clade: | †Titanosuchia Broom |
| Family: | †Titanosuchidae Broom, 1903[1] |
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The titanosuchids were large, omnivorous[3] or herbivorous[2] 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.[2]
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