Titanophoneus

Titanophoneus
Temporal range: Guadalupian (Roadian to Wordian), 268–265 Ma
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Mounted skeleton of Titanophoneus potens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: †Dinocephalia
Family: †Anteosauridae
Subfamily: †Anteosaurinae
Genus: †Titanophoneus
Efremov, 1938
Type species
†Titanophoneus potens
Efremov, 1938
Species
  • Titanophoneus potens Efremov, 1938
  • Titanophoneus adamanteus Orlov, 1958
Synonyms
  • Doliosaurus Orlov, 1958
  • Doliosauriscus Orlov, 1958

Titanophoneus ("titanic murderer") is an extinct genus of carnivorous dinocephalian therapsid from the Middle Permian. It is classified within the family Anteosauridae. The type species is Titanophoneus potens.[1] Remains of Titanophoneus have been found at Isheevo, Russia.

  1. ^ Kammerer, C.F. (2011). "Systematics of the Anteosauria (Therapsida: Dinocephalia)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 9 (2). doi:10.1080/14772019.2010.492645.