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Moschopina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Suborder: Dinocephalia
Family: Tapinocephalidae
Subfamily: Tapinocephalinae
Tribe: Tapinocephalini
Subtribe: Moschopina
Moschops11DB

Moschops capensis

Moschopina is a subtribe of the Tapinocephalidae family that generally includes Ulemosaurus, Criocephalosaurus and Moschops.

Ulemosaurus svijagensis by Theropsida

Ulemosaurus svijagensis

They were heavily built plant eaters, and they may have lived partly in water, as hippopotamuses do. They had short, thick heads and might have competed by head-butting each other.

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