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Titanosuchus ferox

Titanosuchidae

Taxonomy

Titanosuchus ferox was named by Owen (1879). It is not extant. Its type locality is Koedoeskop, Beaufort West, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Synonyms

Scapanodon septemfontis was named by Boonstra (1955).

It was synonymized subjectively with Titanosuchus ferox by Boonstra (1969).
Parascapanodon avifontis was named by Boonstra (1955). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vogelfontein (Prince Albert), which is in a Capitanian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.

It was synonymized subjectively with Titanosuchus ferox by Boonstra (1969).
Scapanodon duplessisi was named by Broom (1904). It is not extant. Its type locality is Seekoeigat, Prince Albert, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

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

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1879	Titanosuchus ferox Owen
1904	Scapanodon duplessisi Broom
1913	Scapanodon duplessisi Broom
1913	Titanosuchus ferox Broom
1955	Parascapanodon avifontis Boonstra
1955	Scapanodon septemfontis Boonstra

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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
species	ferox	Owen 1879

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.

†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]

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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Guadalupian	273.01 - 259.51	South Africa (Western Cape)	Titanosuchus ferox (177007)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	South Africa (Western Cape)	Parascapanodon avifontis (93097) Scapanodon duplessisi (176247) Titanosuchus ferox (176248 176250 type locality: 198703) Titanosuchus ferox, Parascapanodon avifontis (89650 93096) Titanosuchus ferox, Scapanodon duplessisi (86388)