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Titanosuchidae

Taxonomy

Titanosuchidae was named by Broom (1903). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dinocephalia by Boonstra (1969); to Titanosuchia by Haughton and Brink (1954), Kemp (1982), Carroll (1988); to Anteosauroidea by King (1988); to Dinocephalia by Kuhn (1946), Rubidge (1991); and to Titanosuchoidea by Ivakhnenko (2003).

Subtaxa

Dinartamus, Dinartamus vanderbyli, Enobius, Enobius strubeni, Jonkeria (syn. Dinosphageus, Dinophoneus, Dinopolus, Phoneosuchus), Scullya, Scullya gigas, Titanosuchinae, Titanosuchus (syn. Parascapanodon, Scapanodon), Titanosuchus cloetei, Titanosuchus dubius

Synonyms

Dinartamus was named by Broom (1923). It is not extant.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Boonstra (1969).

It was assigned to Titanosuchia by Broom (1923).
Dinartamus vanderbyli was named by Broom (1923). It is not extant. Its type locality is Abrahamskraal, Prince Albert, which is in a Capitanian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Boonstra (1969).
Titanosuchus dubius was named by Haughton (1915). It is not extant. Its type locality is Abrahamskraal, Prince Albert, which is in a Capitanian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.

It was synonymized subjectively with Titanosuchus cloetei by Broom (1923); it was considered a nomen dubium by Boonstra (1969).
Enobius strubeni was named by Broom (1923). It is not extant.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Boonstra (1969).
Enobius was named by Broom (1923). It is not extant.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Boonstra (1969).

It was assigned to Titanosuchia by Broom (1923).
Scullya was named by Broom (1929).

It was considered a nomen dubium by Boonstra (1969).

It was assigned to Titanosuchidae by Broom (1929).
Scullya gigas was named by Broom (1929).

It was considered a nomen dubium by Boonstra (1969).
Titanosuchus cloetei was named by Broom (1903). It is not extant.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Boonstra (1969).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1903	Titanosuchidae Broom
1903	Titanosuchus cloetei Broom
1913	Titanosuchus cloetei Broom
1915	Titanosuchus dubius Haughton
1923	Dinartamus Broom
1923	Dinartamus vanderbyli Broom
1923	Enobius Broom
1923	Enobius strubeni Broom
1929	Scullya Broom
1929	Scullya gigas Broom
1946	Titanosuchidae Kuhn p. 57
1954	Titanosuchidae Haughton and Brink p. 5
1969	Titanosuchidae Boonstra
1982	Titanosuchidae Kemp p. 348
1988	Titanosuchidae Carroll
1988	Titanosuchidae King
1991	Titanosuchidae Rubidge
2003	Titanosuchidae Ivakhnenko

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
—	Eutherapsida
suborder	Dinocephalia
infraorder	Titanosuchida
superfamily	Titanosuchoidea	Broom 1903
family	Titanosuchidae	Broom 1903
family	Titanosuchidae	Broom 1903

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Titanosuchidae Broom 1903

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G. †Jonkeria Hoepen 1916

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†Jonkeria haughtoni Broom 1929

Invalid names: Jonkeria crassus Broom 1929 [synonym]

†Jonkeria ingens Broom 1923

Invalid names: Jonkeria pugnax Broom 1929 [synonym]

†Jonkeria koupensis Boonstra 1955

†Jonkeria parva Boonstra 1955

†Jonkeria rossouwi Boonstra 1955

†Jonkeria truculenta van Hoepen 1914

Invalid names: Phoneosuchus angusticeps Broom 1929 [synonym]

†Jonkeria vanderbyli Broom 1929

Invalid names: Dinophoneus Broom 1923 [synonym], Dinopolus Broom 1936 [synonym], Dinopolus atrox Broom 1936 [nomen dubium], Dinosphageus Broom 1929 [synonym], Phoneosuchus Broom 1929 [synonym]

G. †Titanosuchus Owen 1876

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†Titanosuchus ferox Owen 1879

Invalid names: Parascapanodon avifontis Boonstra 1955 [synonym], Scapanodon duplessisi Broom 1904 [synonym], Scapanodon septemfontis Boonstra 1955 [synonym]

Invalid names: Parascapanodon Boonstra 1955 [synonym], Scapanodon Broom 1904 [synonym]

Invalid names: Dinartamus Broom 1923 [nomen dubium], Dinartamus vanderbyli Broom 1923 [nomen dubium], Enobius Broom 1923 [nomen dubium], Enobius strubeni Broom 1923 [nomen dubium], Scullya Broom 1929 [nomen dubium], Scullya gigas Broom 1929 [nomen dubium], Titanosuchinae Broom 1903 [empty], Titanosuchus cloetei Broom 1903 [nomen dubium], Titanosuchus dubius Haughton 1915 [nomen dubium]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialuc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Created:

2017-04-17 15:15:35

Modified:

2017-04-17 15:15:35

Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 264.28000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (22 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Guadalupian	274.4 - 259.51	South Africa (Western Cape)	Titanosuchus ferox (177007)
Wordian - Capitanian	266.9 - 259.51	Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul)	Titanosuchidae indet. (78657)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	South Africa (Western Cape)	Dinosphageus haughtoni (198719) Jonkeria cloetei, Titanosuchus ferox (176250) Jonkeria crassus (93085) Jonkeria ingens (93086) Jonkeria parva (198678) Jonkeria sp. (198700 198711) Jonkeria sp., Jonkeria koupensis (176314) Jonkeria sp., Titanosuchus ferox, Parascapanodon avifontis (93096) Parascapanodon avifontis (93097) Parascapanodon sp. (92646 198710) Scapanodon duplessisi (176247) Scapanodon septemfonsis (198721) Titanosuchus ferox, Jonkeria haughtoni (198703) Titanosuchus ferox, Parascapanodon avifontis (89650) Titanosuchus ferox, Parascapanodon sp. (176248) Titanosuchus strubeni, Titanosuchus ferox, Titanosuchus cloetei, Scapanodon duplessisi, Jonkeria truculenta, Dinartamus vanderbyli, Titanosuchus dubius, Phoneosuchus angusticeps, Jonkeria koupensis, Jonkeria vanderbyli, Dinopolus atrox (86388)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	South Africa (Northern Cape)	Jonkeria ingens (230333)
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	South Africa (Northern Cape)	Dinophoneus ingens, Jonkeria pugnax (178870)