The Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone is a tetrapod assemblage zone or biozone in the Karoo Supergroup in South Africa, which correlates to the middle Abrahamskraal Formation. It dates to the Capitanian
Tapinocephalus atherstonei
Bradysaurus baini
Moschops
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Moschops is an extinct genus of dinocephalian therapsids that lived in what is now South Africa during the Capitanian stage of the Middle Permian around 264.4–260 million years ago. Fossils have been
Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone
…respectively. Other notable dinocephalian species which have been discovered from this biozone are the advanced tapinocephalids Struthiocephalus whaitsi and Moschops capensis, and the unusual Styracocephalus platyrhynchus. Unfortunately dinocephalian fossils are frequently found disarticulated with much of their…
Moschops
3D sculpted model of Moschops in various views
A close-up of a reconstructed Moschops capensis skull, from the American Museum of Natural History
An artist's conception of Moschops capensis, based on the reconstruction of a skeleton found in a semi-desert region of South Africa. The skeleton is displayed at the American Museum of Natural History.