Whaitsiidae
| Whaitsiidae Temporal range: Late Permian | |
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| Theriognathus laticeps skull at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Therocephalia |
| Clade: | †Eutherocephalia |
| Family: | †Whaitsiidae Haughton, 1918 |
Restoration of Moschowhaitsia vjuschkovi
A 1918 illustration of the skull of Whaitsia platyceps, now classified as Theriognathus major
Whaitsiidae is an extinct family of therocephalian therapsids.[1]
References
- ↑ Huttenlocker, A. (2009). "An investigation into the cladistic relationships and monophyly of therocephalian therapsids (Amniota: Synapsida)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157 (4): 865–891. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00538.x.
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