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Titanosuchida
Taxonomy
Titanosuchia was named as an infraorder.
It was reranked as the suborder Titanosuchia by Efremov (1940); it was corrected as Titanosuchida by Ivakhnenko (2003).
It was assigned to Dinocephalia by Efremov (1940); and to Dinocephalia by Haughton and Brink (1954), Kemp (1982), Carroll (1988) and Ivakhnenko (2003).
It was reranked as the suborder Titanosuchia by Efremov (1940); it was corrected as Titanosuchida by Ivakhnenko (2003).
It was assigned to Dinocephalia by Efremov (1940); and to Dinocephalia by Haughton and Brink (1954), Kemp (1982), Carroll (1988) and Ivakhnenko (2003).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1940 | Titanosuchia Efremov p. 107 |
| 1954 | Titanosuchia Haughton and Brink p. 5 |
| 1982 | Titanosuchia Kemp p. 348 |
| 1988 | Titanosuchia Carroll |
| 2003 | Titanosuchida Ivakhnenko |
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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.
Infraor. †Titanosuchida
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Superfm. †Deuterosauroidea Seeley 1894
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G. †Planipes Demathieu and Gand 1995
Superfm. †Titanosuchoidea Broom 1903
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Fm. †Titanosuchidae Broom 1903
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G. †Jonkeria Hoepen 1916
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†Jonkeria koupensis Boonstra 1955
†Jonkeria parva Boonstra 1955
†Jonkeria rossouwi Boonstra 1955
†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
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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]
Invalid names: Syodontidae Ivakhnenko 1994 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Capitanian or 259.90000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (22 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Guadalupian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Titanosuchus ferox (177007) | |
| Wordian - Capitanian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Titanosuchidae indet. (78657) | |
| Capitanian | 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 | South Africa (Northern Cape) | Jonkeria ingens (230333) | |
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | Dinophoneus ingens, Jonkeria pugnax (178870) |