Tapinocephalia

Tapinocephalia
Temporal range:
Middle Permian, 268–260 Ma (possible Kungurian record)
Moschops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: †Dinocephalia
Infraorder: †Tapinocephalia
Broom, 1923[1]
Subgroups

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.

  1. ^ Broom, R. 1923. "On the structure of the skull in the carnivorous dinocephalian reptiles". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1923: 661–684
  2. ^ Fraser-King, Simon W.; Benoit, Julien; Day, Michael O.; Rubidge, Bruce S. (2019). "Cranial morphology and phylogenetic relationship of the enigmatic dinocephalian Styracocephalus platyrhynchus from the Karoo Supergroup, South Africa". Palaeontologia Africana. 54: 14–29.