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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Dinocephalia |
| Family: | †Tapinocephalidae |
| Subfamily: | †Tapinocanininae |
| Genus: | †Tapinocaninus Rubidge, 1991 |
| Species: | †T. pamelae
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| †Tapinocaninus pamelae Rubidge, 1991
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Tapinocaninus (Greek for "humble"- tapino, and "canine"- caninus) is an extinct genus of therapsids in the family Tapinocephalidae, of which it is the most basal member. Only one species is known, Tapinocaninus pamelae (meaning "Pam's humble canine"). The species is named in honor of Rubidge's mother, Pam.[1] Fossils have been found dating from the Middle Permian (Wordian age).
- ^ Rubidge, B.S. (1991). "A new primitive dinocephalian mammal-like reptile from the Permian of southern Africa". Palaeontology. 34: 547–559.