Tapinocephalia
Sign in to saveThe Tapinocephalia are one of the major groups of dinocephalian therapsids and the major herbivorous group. Tapinocephalia has been found to consist of three clades: Styracocephalidae, Titanosuchidae, and the very successful Tapinocephalidae. Notable tapinocephalians include Moschops, Tapinocephalus, and Titanosuchus.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Tapinocephalia is referenced by 61 other articles, and connects out to Therapsida, Tapinocephalidae and Estemmenosuchidae.
It is catalogued under topics including Guadalupian extinctions, Guadalupian first appearances and Tapinocephalia.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Parent taxon
- Dinocephalia
- Image
- Moschops BW.jpg
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- taxon name
- Tapinocephalia
- taxon rank
- infraorder
- Commons category
- Dinocephalia
- time period
- Permian
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The Tapinocephalia are one of the major groups of dinocephalian therapsids and the major herbivorous group. Tapinocephalia has been found to consist of three clades: Styracocephalidae, Titanosuchidae, and the very successful Tapinocephalidae. Notable tapinocephalians include Moschops, Tapinocephalus, and Titanosuchus.
==Description== Unlike anteosaurs and estemmenosuchids, tapinocephalians are primarily an African group. The estemmenosuchids and pareiasaurs may have occupied this paleo-bovine niche in the north. Only one tapinocephalian, Ulemosaurus, is known from Russia. Earlier tapinocephalians were carnivorous or omnivorous. One such group was Titanosuchidae, which consisted of long-tailed predators that hunted herbivorous therapsids. Later tapinocephalians were herbivorous.
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