- Megawhaitsia
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Megawhaitsia
Temporal range: 260.5–251.0 MaScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Order: Theriodontia Suborder: Therocephalia Family: Whaitsiidae Genus: Megawhaitsia Species: Megawhaitsia patrichae Binomial name M. patrichae
Ivakhnenko (2008)
Megawhaitsia is an extinct genus of large therapsid, potentially a therocephalian. It lived in the Late Permian in East Russia, and is known only by a maxilla, with a skull estimated to be 40-50cm.Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Synapsida · Order: Therapsida · (unranked): Neotherapsida · (unranked): Theriodontia · (unranked):Eutheriodontia Basal
therocephaliansScylacosauridaeGlanosuchus · Ictidosaurus · Kotelcephalon · Pristerognathus · Ptomalestes · Scylacosaurus · ScylacosuchusEutherocephalia Akidnognathus · Annatherapsidus · Chthonosaurus · Euchambersia · Moschorhinus · Olivierosuchus · Promoschorhynchus ·HofmeyriidaeHofmeyria · Ictidostoma · MirotenthesWhaitsiidaeBaurioideaDongusaurus · RhigosaurusIctidosuchidaeRegisauridaeEriciolacertidaeBauriidaeBauriinaeRelated categories Categories:- Therocephalia
- Permian synapsids
- Prehistoric synapsids of Europe
- Fossil taxa described in 2008
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