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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