Titanosuchidae

Titanosuchidae is an extinct family of dinocephalians known only from the middle Permian Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of South Africa.^[2]

Titanosuchidae Temporal range: Middle Permian, 270–260 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Life restoration of Titanosuchus ferox
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Suborder:	†Dinocephalia
Clade:	†Titanosuchia Broom
Family:	†Titanosuchidae Broom, 1903[1]
Genera
†Jonkeria †Titanosuchus

The titanosuchids were large, omnivorous^[3] or herbivorous^[2] animals. As with other tapinocephalians, they had thickened skulls that may have been used in head-butting, but to a lesser degree than in Tapinocephalidae or Anteosauridae. They had large canine teeth, strong incisors with a "talon and heel" morphology, and leaf-shaped postcanine teeth. Two titanosuchid genera are recognized as valid: Jonkeria and Titanosuchus; they can be distinguished on the basis of limb proportions.^[2]