Megawhaitsia

Megawhaitsia
Temporal range: 260.5–251.0 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Suborder: †Therocephalia
Family: †Whaitsiidae
Genus: †Megawhaitsia
Type species
Megawhaitsia 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 40–50 cm.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ The Paleobioly Database. "Megawhaitsia". Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ M. F. Ivakhnenko (2008). The first Whaitsiid (Therocephalia, Theromorpha) from the terminal Permian of eastern Europe. Paleontological Journal. July 2008, Volume 42, Issue 4, pp 409-413
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