Megawhaitsia

Megawhaitsia is an extinct genus of large therapsids, 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]

Megawhaitsia
Temporal range: 260.5–251.0 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Therocephalia
Family: Whaitsiidae
Genus: Megawhaitsia
Type species
Megawhaitsia patrichae
Ivakhnenko (2008)

References

  1. The Paleobiology 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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