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| fossil_range = Capitanian, {{fossilrange|266|260}} | image = Iziko Petrified Skull of an Ancient Flesh-eater.JPG | image_caption = A. magnificus skull, Iziko Museum | display_parents = 3 | genus = Anteosaurus | parent_authority = Watson, 1921 | species = magnificus | authority = Watson, 1921 | synonyms_ref = [1] | synonyms ={{collapsible list|bullets = true |title=Genus synonymy |Eccasaurus (?) Broom, 1909 |Titanognathus Broili & Schröder, 1935 |Dinosuchus Broom, 1936 |Broomosuchus Camp, 1942 |Micranteosaurus Boonstra, 1954 |Paranteosaurus Boonstra, 1954 |Pseudanteosaurus Boonstra, 1954 }}{{collapsible list|bullets = true |title=Species synonymy |Eccasaurus priscus (?) Broom, 1909 |Anteosaurus minor Broom, 1929 |Titanognathus lotzi Broili & Schröder, 1935 |Dinosuchus vorsteri Broom, 1936 |Broomosuchus vorsteri Camp, 1942 |Anteosaurus abeli Boonstra, 1952 |Anteosaurus vorsteri Boonstra, 1953 |Titanosuchus lotzi Boonstra, 1953 |Anteosuchus acutirostris Boonstra, 1954 |Anteosaurus crassifrons Boonstra, 1954 |Anteosaurus cruentus Boonstra, 1954 |Anteosaurus laticeps Boonstra, 1954 |Anteosaurus levops Boonstra, 1954 |Anteosaurus lotzi Boonstra, 1954 |Anteosaurus major Boonstra, 1954 |Anteosaurus minusculus Boonstra, 1954 |Paranteosaurus primus Boonstra, 1954 |Pseudanteosaurus minor Boonstra, 1954 |Micranteosaurus parvus Boonstra, 1954 }} }} Anteosaurus (meaning “Antaeus reptile”) is an extinct genus of large carnivorous synapsids. It lived during the Capitanian epoch of the Middle Permian (266-260 million years ago) in what is now South Africa. Like the well-known Moschops, they were dinocephalians, a clade of large-bodied therapsids that flourished from 270 to 260 million years ago and then went extinct without descendants. Paleontologists surmise that Anteosaurus hunted rather like crocodiles, pulling land animals into the water. In particular, scientists point to the animal’s strong tail and weak, sprawling legs. Its body was well-suited to projecting itself forward, both in hunting and evidently in head-butting. DescriptionAnteosaurus had a tall, narrow skull, which is {{convert|80|cm|0}} long. It was perhaps the largest known carnivorous non-mammalian synapsid, estimated at {{convert|5|-|6|m|ft|abbr=on}} in length and {{Convert|500|to|600|kg|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=2}} in weight.[2][3]The teeth are another identifying characteristic of Anteosaurus. The teeth on the roof of the mouth are enlarged and confined in a cluster near the outer tooth row. The "normal teeth" include the anterior, canine and cheek teeth. A prominent feature of the dinocephalians is the ledge on the anterior teeth. The canine teeth are big, and there are usually about ten cheek teeth present. The front of the mouth curves up due to the premaxillary bone of the upper jaw. ClassificationSpeciesGenus synonymyAs defined by Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra, Anteosaurus is “a genus of anteosaurids in which the postfrontal forms a boss of variable size overhanging the dorso-posterior border of the orbit.” On this basis he synonymised six of the seven genera named from the Tapinocephalus zone: Eccasaurus, Anteosaurus, Titanognathus, Dinosuchus, Micranteosaurus, and Pseudanteosaurus. Of these, he says, Dinosuchus and Titanognathus can safely be considered synonyms of Anteosaurus. Eccasaurus, with a holotype of which the cranial material consists of only few typical anteosaurid incisors, appears to be only determinable as to family. The skull fragment forming the holotype of Pseudanteosaurus can best be considered as an immature specimen of Anteosaurus. Micranteosaurus, the holotype of which contains a small snout, was previously considered a new genus on account of its small size but is better be interpreted as a young specimen of Anteosaurus. And likewise, the large number of species attributed to the genus Anteosaurus can also be considered synonyms. Boonstra still considers as valid the genus Paranteosaurus, which is defined as a genus of anteosaurids in which the postfrontal is not developed to form a boss. This is probably an example of individual variation and hence another synonym of Anteosaurus.[3][4][5] Species synonymyAnteosaurus was once known by a large number of species, but the current thinking on this is that they merely represent different growth stages of the same type species, A. magnificus.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} {{Quote|We have 32 skulls of Anteosaurus, of which 16 are reasonably well preserved and on them ten species have been named. To differentiate between the species the following main characters have. been used: the number, size and shape of the teeth, skull size, shape and the nature of the pachyostosis. On re-examination it has become clear that the crowns of the teeth are seldom well preserved; basing the count for the dental formula on the preserved roots is unreliable. as this is affected by age and tooth generation; size of skull is a function of age and also possibly sex; sk~-shape is greatly affected by post-mortem deformation, and the variability in the pachyostosis, which may be specific in some respects, can just as well be the result of...physiological processes. Specific diagnosis consisting of the enumeration of differences of degree in features such as the above can hardly be considered as sufficient indication of the existence of discrete species....A. magnificus thus has the following synonyms: abeli, acutirostrus, crassifrons, cruentus, laticeps, levops, lotzi, major, minor, minusculus, parvus, priscus and vorsteri.|Boonstra[3][4][5]|align=center}}PhylogenyBelow is a cladogram from a 2012 phylogenetic study of anteosaurians:[6] {{clade| style=font-size:85%;line-height:85%|label1=Therapsida |1={{clade |1=Biarmosuchus tener |label2=Dinocephalia |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=Estemmenosuchus uralensis |2={{clade |1=Ulemosaurus svijagensis |2=Tapinocaninus pamelae}} }} |label2=Anteosauridae |2={{clade |1=Archaeosyodon praeventor |2={{clade |label1=Anteosaurinae |1={{clade |1=Sinophoneus yumenensis |2={{clade |1=Titanophoneus adamanteus |2={{clade |1=Titanophoneus potens |2=Anteosaurus magnificus}} }} }} |label2=Syodontinae |2={{clade |1=Pampaphoneus biccai |2={{clade |1=Notosyodon gusevi |2={{clade |1=Syodon biarmicum |2=Australosyodon nyaphuli }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} PaleobiologyDuring the Permian, two clades of amniotes came to dominate terrestrial niches: the sauropsids and the synapsids. The synapsids included top predators, such as Dimetrodoon and Gorgonopsia. Anteosaurus were therapsids, a clade within Synapsida that includes the Permian ancestors of mammals. EcologyOlson notes that the Russian dinocephalian assemblages indicate environments tied to water, and Boonstra considered that the roughly contemporary Anteosaurus were slinking crocodile-like semi-aquatic forms. The long tail, weak limbs, and sprawling posture do indeed suggest some sort of crocodile-like existence.[3] However the thickened skull-roof indicates that these animals were quite able to get about on land, if they were to practice the typically dinocephalian head-butting behaviour. All other head-butters (pachycephalosaurians, titanotheres, and goats) were or are completely terrestrial. Perhaps these animals spent some time in the water but were active on land during the mating season, and probably quite able to get about on land to hunt for prey.[3] Head-butting behaviorAnteosaurus like other related therapsids had a thickened skull (pachyostosis), and this has been suggested as an adaptation for head butting, or perhaps more aptly for head pushing. Also like with Moschops, the overall build seems to have been for projecting its body weight forwards. Not only could this have been useful in dominance head pushing contests, but it may have also been a technique to knock over unsuspecting or weakened prey.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} See also{{Portal|Paleontology}}
References1. ^{{cite journal|last1=Kammerer|first1=C. F.|title=Systematics of the Anteosauria (Therapsida: Dinocephalia)|journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology|date=2011|volume=9|issue=2|pages=261–304|doi=10.108/14772019.2010.492645}} 2. ^{{cite journal |last1=van Valkenburgh |first1=Blaire |last2=Jenkins |first2=Ian |year=2002 |title=Evolutionary Patterns in the History of Permo-Triassic and Cenozoic synapsid predators |journal=Paleontological Society Papers |volume=8 |issue= |pages=267–288}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|title=Brithopodidae / Anteosauridae|url=http://www.kheper.net/evolution/therapsida/Brithopodidae.html|website=Kheper|publisher=M.Alan Kazlev|accessdate=24 October 2015}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|title=Therapsida: Anteosauridae|url=http://palaeos.com/vertebrates/therapsida/anteosauridae.html#Anteosauridae|website=Palaeos|accessdate=24 October 2015}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|title=Anteosaurus|url=http://www.palaeos.org/Anteosaurus|website=Palaeos.org|accessdate=24 October 2015}} 6. ^{{cite journal |last=Cisneros |first=J.C. |author2=Abdala, F.|author3= Atayman-Güven, S.|author4= Rubidge, B.S.|author5= Şengör, A.M.C.|author6= Schultz, C.L. |year=2012 |title=Carnivorous dinocephalian from the Middle Permian of Brazil and tetrapod dispersal in Pangaea |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=109 |issue= 5 |pages=1584–1588 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1115975109 |url=http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/01/10/1115975109 |pmid=22307615 |pmc=3277192}} External links
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