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Megawhaitsia patrichae Temporal range: 260.5–251.0Ma Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Synapsida Order: Therapsida Clade: Neotherapsida Order: Theriodontia Suborder: Therocephalia Family: Whaitsiidae Genus: Megawhaitsia Species: Megawhaitsia patrichae 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. ![]() Credit goes to karkemish00 for the above illustration. The first Whaitsiid (Therocephalia, Theromorpha) from the terminal Permian of eastern Europe M. F. Ivakhnenko Paleontological Journal, July 2008, Volume 42, Issue 4, pp 409-413 Abstract The first representative of the family Whaitsiidae, Megawhaitsia patrichae gen. et sp. nov., from the terminal Permian of eastern Europe is described. This is a very large predator that appeared in the Vyazniki Tetrapod Assemblage in conditions of large predatory biomorph deficiency. ![]() http://link.springer.com/article/10.1134%2FS0031030108040102 Edited by Taipan, May 8 2014, 02:35 PM.
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