Titanosuchus

Taxobox
name = "Titanosuchus"
fossil_range = Middle Permian

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image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Synapsida
ordo = Therapsida
subordo = Dinocephalia
infraordo = Tapinocephalia
familia = Titanosuchidae
genus = "Titanosuchus"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Titanosuchus ferox"

"Titanosuchus ferox" ("Fierce Titan crocodile") was a dinocephalian therapsid, not an actual crocodile, that lived in the Mid Permian era in South Africa. "Titanosuchus" was related to "Jonkeria" and "Moschops". These animals inhabited the same place (South Africa), at the same time (255 million years ago, Late Permian)."Titanosuchus" was a carnivore and might have eaten both "Jonkeria" and "Moschops" and other smaller vertebrates. The teeth composed of sharp incisors and fang-like canines, perfect for biting prey, such as "Moschops". "Titanosuchus" rivals that to "Titanophoneus", which is also a carnivore and a dinocephalian, but it lived only in Russia. "Titanosuchus" should not be confused with the theraspid "Eotitanosuchus", as the latter is in a different family.

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