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Titanosuchidae

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iTitanosuchidae
Fossil range: Middle Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Superclass: Tetrapoda
(unranked)Amniota
Class: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Suborder: Dinocephalia
Infraorder: Tapinocephalia
Family: Titanosuchidae
Genera

Jonkeria
Titanosuchus

The titanosuchids were carnivorous to omnivorous (herbivorous?) tapinocephalid dinocephalians. 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 the includes Moschops. The most famous titanosuchids are Jonkeria and Titanosuchus. Like all other dinocephalians, they went extinct in the Permian-Triassic extinction.

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