Genus
Valid Extinct

Tapinosaurus

Rabeck 1925

Tapinocephalus 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.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Tapinosaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Tapinosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇫🇷 France
1
Geological formations
Argiles d'Octeville
1
Temporal distribution
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
R. Steel. 1970. Part 14. Saurischia. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie/Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart
Bibliography (1)
G. Rabeck. 1925. Notes sur la découverte d'ossements de dinosaurien dans les argiles supérieures kimmeridgiennes du Cap de la Hève (Octeville-sur-Mer) [Note on the discovery of dinosaur bones in the upper Kimmeridgian clays of Cap de la Hève (Octeville-sur-Mer)]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de Normandie 34:72-74