- Therapsids, such as
Moschops, are synapsids, the
dominant land
animals in the
Permian period,
which ended 252
million years ago.
Moschops were
heavy set dinocephalian...
-
imply their species or genus. The
title character,
Moschops, is a
young therapsid of the
genus Moschops; Ally is a
theropod of the
genus Allosaurus; Grandfather...
- of
amniotes that
includes mammals and
their extinct relatives, such as
Moschops and Dimetrodon.
While the
terms zygomatic arch and ch****bone are often...
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originally named Dicynodon moschops, however, in 1969 an
analysis done by A. W.
Keyser reclassified the
specimen as
Pelanomodon moschops.
Another species, Pelanomodon...
- and
either long-snouted (e.g. Struthiocephalus) or high and
short (e.g.
Moschops). Very
often the top of the head is rounded, and the
bones of the forehead...
- carnivorous, herbivorous, and
omnivorous forms. Some, like Keratocephalus,
Moschops,
Struthiocephalus and
Jonkeria were semiaquatic, others, like Anteosaurus...
- : Robertia), to large,
bulky herbivores a ton or more in
weight (e.g.:
Moschops).
After flourishing for many
millions of years,
these successful animals...
- the very
successful Tapinocephalidae.
Notable tapinocephalians include Moschops, Tapinocephalus, and Titanosuchus.
Unlike anteosaurs and estemmenosuchids...
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Permian epoch in
South Africa.
Along with its
close relatives,
Jonkeria and
Moschops,
Titanosuchus inhabited present-day
South Africa around 265
million years...
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Ulemosaurus is a
large Moschops-like form from Russia; it is
probably similar enough to be
included as a
separate species of
Moschops.
Despite its advanced...
