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Titanosuchidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Clade
  
†Titanosuchia Broom

Rank
  
Family

Suborder
  
†Dinocephalia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Therapsid

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Similar
  
Tapinocephalia, Therapsid, Tapinocephalidae, Jonkeria, Anteosauridae

Titanosuchids are related to other dinocephalians, such as the tapinocephalidae - a group that includes Moschops. The most famous titanosuchids are Jonkeria and Titanosuchus.

Description

The titanosuchids were carnivorous to omnivorous (herbivorous?) tapinocephalian dinocephalians. As with other tapinocephalians, they had thick skulls probably for head-butting. They had large canine teeth, and their incisors were very strong.

References

Titanosuchidae Wikipedia