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batmanelvisigodo.bsky.social
A tapinocephalid parade, featuring Tapinocephalus atherstonei, Moschops capensis and Struthiocephalus whaitsi
#paleoart #sciart #therapsid #synapsid #permian #karoo #moschops #Struthiocephalus #Tapinocephalus
December 11, 2024 at 7:16 PM
joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
Oh boy, the last formation stream result I posted here was Kimmeridge Clay! Much to post!
Lets start with Tapinocephalus assemblage zone
#paleostream
#Sciart #paleoart
October 17, 2024 at 5:03 PM
andrejpaleo.bsky.social
According to new data, mid-Permian event was a severe terrestrial mass extinction:
"reveals a 74–80% loss of generic richness between the upper Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone (AZ) and the mid-Pristerognathus AZ"
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
🧪 #EvoBio #Paleobio #Geology ⚒️ #Macroecology
Chronology of extinction in the terrestrial environments during the mid-Permian mass extinction.
February 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
erucalypso.bsky.social
So I'm starting a scaling project for dinocephalians this is the progress
Dinocephalian skulls with a human for scale including Deuterosaurus,Riebeeckosaurus, Tapinocephalus, Anteosaurus , Titanophoneus, Styracocephalus and Estemmenosuchus
May 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
yutytyrant.bsky.social
🦖 Daily Paleo 🦖; Tapinocephalus atherstonei

From Middle Permian South Africa, "low, depressed head" is a species of 2 ton dinocephalian therapsid with a barred-shaped body, short snout, and dome shaped, pachyostotic skull used in headbutting for mates or territory

Art by Farabin
December 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
novastein.bsky.social
I am helping to do concept art for a Carnivores Dinosaur hunter mod focusing on African fauna. So, here the first one I made, tapinocephalus!
October 29, 2024 at 1:41 PM
cisneros.bsky.social
Me recuerda a Tapinocephalus del Pérmico.
May 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
gulop1th3cuz.bsky.social
Here’s my top three choices:

1. La Venta, Colombia (sebecids, sloths, sudamerican ungulates, etc)

2. Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone (all sorts of Permian dinocephalians)

3. Ischigualastro Formation (the "cradle of dinosaurkind" along with many pseudosuchians and synapsids)
March 8, 2026 at 7:32 PM
cascoclauda.bsky.social
due to unclear biostratigraphic correlations between the rio do rasto formation and the tapinocephalus assemblage zone in the karoo basin, it's impossible to say whether rastodon or emydops represent the oldest occurrence of emydopoidea
August 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM
sophiesaurus98.bsky.social
All three are excellent choices! I think the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone would be my pick from these three, just for the sheer amount we could learn with even the briefest footage of ANY of those animals.
March 8, 2026 at 8:45 PM
shunosaurus.bsky.social
Hey, I'm George and I do little clay models and dioramas of prehistoric creatures. Follow for plenty of silly little creatures!
The dinosaur Meraxes in a field pinning down a smaller Huinculsaurus. The dinosaurs Lambeosaurus and Stegoceras wander the Dinosaur Park Formation A diorama of the Tapinocephalus assemblage zone, with Anteosaurus defending a Struthiocephalus carcass from Jonkeria as Hipposaurus try to steal a bite for themselves. A diorama of the Pleistocene Nihewan Basin. The last chalicothere, Hesperotherium, wanders through the forest in the morning as the other residents awake.
September 20, 2023 at 3:37 PM
cascoclauda.bsky.social
tapinocephalus without the dome head is like a butterfly without wings
July 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
rezaanimelover.bsky.social
My favorite formations are:ermaying formation,bahariya formation,cleveland shale,tapinocephalus assemblage zone,pebas formation and austrian parathethys.
For 2025 i would like to see paracas formation,pinjor formation,wadi el hitan and haraichi formation
December 24, 2024 at 4:38 AM
joshuapaleorojas.bsky.social
truculenta was named and described by E.C.N. van Hoepen in the same year of its discovery. Further remains have been discovered throughout the years in the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone, Lower Beaufort Group, of the South African Karoo, South Africa. Jonkeria lived during the Permian
June 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy
It's called "Tapinocephalus" because when you see one the urge to take your fist and go "knock knock" on it's head is irresistible.
Colored pencil recreation of a permian beast (Ugly and lovable elephant like Therapsida) with a domed head and big toes on stubby limbs. Artwork by dmitrchel@mail.ru done for the wikipedia.
December 2, 2024 at 11:40 PM
dakart529.bsky.social
It's giving Tapinocephalus
July 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
ilarimakela.bsky.social
2/2 Here is the same in more technical terms, from Tim Coulson's sweeping boko, "The Universal History of Us" @timcoulson.bsky.social
At the end of the Permian our ancestors, a group called the Synapsids, were the dominant species on the planet.  The ancestors of dinosaurs, called Sauropsids, were both rarer, and smaller. The great dying killed off many, but not all, the Synapsids, including the two-ton herbivore Tapinocephalus that was the largest animal of its time. It also killed several species of Sauropsid, but those that survived got the upper hand in the new world, dominating it for the next 185 million years as dinosaurs, while relegating our synapsid ancestors to a life on the margins.
January 9, 2025 at 9:34 AM
slvrhwk.bsky.social
🎨 "Karoo Life in the late Middle Permian", by Maggie Lambert-Newman

📄 Bordy & Groenewald (2026): "The Karoo Supergroup: Modern insights from the ancient archive of Gondwana"
doi.org/10.25131/saj...
Painting of the Karoo paleoenvironment (~262 Ma), by Maggie Lambert-Newman. Animals depicted include Tapinocephalus (Dinocephalia), Glanosuchus (Therocephalia), Robertia (Dicynodontia), Bradysaurus (Pareiasauria), Rhinesuchus (Temnospondyli), and Eunotosaurus (Sauropsida). Plants depicted include Glossopteris and horsetail ferns (Phyllotheca australis and Schizoneura africana). See the supplemental material of Bordy & Groenewald (2026) for a more detailed image analysis.
April 7, 2026 at 2:50 AM
silvafeira.bsky.social
"meu cachorro tem pedigree" Ai o pedigree no caso deixou o cachorro assim:
Representação do animal do período permiano Tapinocephalus atherstonei em comparação com um ser humano de tamanho médio
March 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM