Whaitsiidae

Extinct family of therapsids

Whaitsiidae
Temporal range: Late Permian
Theriognathus laticeps skull at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Therocephalia
Superfamily: Whaitsioidea
Family: Whaitsiidae
Haughton, 1918
Genera
  • Dalongkoua
  • Ictidochampsa
  • Megawhaitsia
  • Moschowhaitsia
  • Theriognathus
  • Viatkosuchus
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

  1. ^ 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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Synapsida
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Therocephalia
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Lycosuchidae
Scylacosauridae
Chthonosauridae
Akidnognathidae
Whaitsioidea
  • Ophidostoma
Hofmeyriidae
Whaitsiidae
Baurioidea
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Scylacosaurus sclateri

Moschorhinus kitchingi

Viatkosuchus sumini
Ictidosuchidae
Karenitidae
Lycideopidae
Regisauridae
Bauriamorpha
Ericiolacertidae
Bauriidae
Regisaurus jacobi Microgomphodon oligocynus
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Taxon identifiers
Whaitsiidae


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