Tapinocephalus
Extinct genus of therapsids / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tapinocephalus ("humble head") is an extinct genus of large herbivorous dinocephalians that lived during the Middle Permian Period in what is now South Africa. Only the type species, Tapinocephalus atherstonei is now considered valid for this genus.
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Tapinocephalus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | †Dinocephalia |
Family: | †Tapinocephalidae |
Subtribe: | †Tapinocephalina |
Genus: | †Tapinocephalus Owen, 1876 |
Species: | †T. atherstonei |
Binomial name | |
†Tapinocephalus atherstonei Owen, 1876 | |
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