Dinocephalia
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Dinocephalia is a clade of generally large-bodied therapsids that flourished during Middle Permian between approximately 275 and 260 million years ago, but became extinct during the Capitanian mass ex
Titanophoneus 3
Skull of Anteosaurus (Anteosauria)
Skull of Moschops (Tapinocephalidae)
Skull of Estemmenosuchus
Anteosauria
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Anteosauria is a clade of large, basal carnivorous dinocephalian therapsids characterized by large canines and incisors, as well as short limbs. Anteosaurs are known from the Middle Permian formations
Dinocephalia
…approximately 275 and 260 million years ago (Ma), but became extinct during the Capitanian mass extinction event. Dinocephalians included carnivorous (Anteosauria), as well as herbivorous and omnivorous (Tapinocephalia) forms, serving as both dominant megaherbivores and apex predators. Many species had thickened…
Anteosaurus in landscape
Skeleton of Titanophoneus
Two Archaeosyodon feeding on an Estemmenosuchus
Estemmenosuchus mirabilis