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Titanosuchus

Titanosuchidae

Taxonomy

Titanosuchus was named by Owen (1876). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Therocephalia by Broom (1913); to Dinocephalia by Haughton (1932); to Titanosuchidae by Boonstra (1969) and Carroll (1988); and to Titanosuchinae by King (1988).

Species

T. ferox (syn. Parascapanodon avifontis, Scapanodon septemfontis, Scapanodon duplessisi)

Synonyms

Parascapanodon was named by Boonstra (1955).

It was synonymized subjectively with Titanosuchus by Boonstra (1969).

It was assigned to Dicynodontia by Boonstra (1955).
Scapanodon was named by Broom (1904). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Titanosuchus by Boonstra (1969).

It was assigned to Therocephalia by Broom (1913).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1876	Titanosuchus Owen
1904	Scapanodon Broom
1913	Scapanodon Broom
1913	Titanosuchus Broom
1932	Titanosuchus Haughton p. 638
1955	Parascapanodon Boonstra
1969	Titanosuchus Boonstra
1988	Titanosuchus Carroll
1988	Titanosuchus King

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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
genus	Titanosuchus	Owen 1876

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.

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]

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: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (12 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Guadalupian	273.01 - 259.51	South Africa (Western Cape)	T. ferox (177007)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	South Africa (Western Cape)	Parascapanodon avifontis (93097) Parascapanodon sp. (92646 198710) Scapanodon duplessisi (176247) Scapanodon septemfonsis (198721) T. ferox (176250 198703) T. ferox, Parascapanodon avifontis (89650 93096) T. ferox, Parascapanodon sp. (176248) T. strubeni, T. ferox, Scapanodon duplessisi (86388)