| Tapinocephalus Temporal range: Guadalupian epoch, Capitanian stage
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Dinocephalia |
| Family: | †Tapinocephalidae |
| Subtribe: | †Tapinocephalina |
| Genus: | †Tapinocephalus Owen, 1876 |
| Species: | †T. atherstonei
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| †Tapinocephalus atherstonei Owen, 1876
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Tapinocephalus ("low, depressed head") is an extinct genus of large herbivorous dinocephalians that lived during the Middle Permian Period in what is now South Africa. Only the type species, Tapinocephalus atherstonei is now considered valid for this genus.