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    the cranial bones of Anteosaurus are pachyostosed, but to a lesser extent than in tapinocephalid dinocephalians. In Anteosaurus, pachyostosis mainly occurs...
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    Moschops, Struthiocephalus and Jonkeria were semiaquatic, others, like Anteosaurus, were more terrestrial. Dinocephalians were among the largest animals...
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    upwards. There is a tendency especially in more advanced forms such as Anteosaurus towards thickening of the bones of the top of the skull, indicating head-butting...
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    Moschognathus. This specimen, AM 4950, was initially identified as a juvenile Anteosaurus prior to preparation, but was subsequently identified as a subadult Moschops...
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    average body mass of 5.88 tonnes. The largest carnivorous synapsid was Anteosaurus at 5–6 m (16–20 ft) and 500–600 kg (1,100–1,300 lb). Caseasaurs (Caseasauria)...
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    being a carnivore; however, this is based on specimens now assigned to Anteosaurus. Instead, Titanosuchus was likely an omnivorous or herbivorous animal...
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    falling outside the crown group. Permian synapsids like Dimetrodon or Anteosaurus are stem mammals in the wider sense but not in the narrower one. Often...
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    Archaeosyodon Microsyodon Anteosaurinae Anteosaurus Sinophoneus Titanophoneus Syodontinae Australosyodon Notosyodon Pampaphoneus Syodon...
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  • moving model; the Moschops plant eater, the more dangerous carnivore Anteosaurus, and the slower Lystrosaurus; paleontologists did not know whether therapsids...
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    was probably used in intraspecific behaviour. In Doliosauriscus and Anteosaurus, not only was this boss very prominent, but the bones were very thick...
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