†family Tapinocephalidae Owen 1876 (therapsid)
Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Tapinocephalidae
Parent taxon: Tapinocephalia according to A. D. S. Boos et al. 2015
See also Battail and Surkov 2000, Boonstra 1969, Carroll 1988, Haughton and Brink 1954, Kemp 1982, Kuhn 1946 and Nopcsa 1923
Sister taxa: Brithopus, Brithopus priscus, Deuterosaurus, Niaftasuchoidea, Orthopus, Orthopus primaevus, Tapinocephaloidea
Subtaxa: Keratocephalus Lamiasaurus Lamiasaurus newtoni Moschopinae Riebeeckosaurinae Struthiocephalinae Tapinocephalinae Taurosaurus
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Brazil (2 collections), South Africa (31), Tanzania (1), Zambia (1)
Total: 35 collections including 49 occurrences