Microwhaitsia Huttenlocker and Smith 2017 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Whaitsiidae

Full reference: A. K. Huttenlocker and R. M. H. Smith. 2017. New whaitsioids (Therapsida: Therocephalia) from the Teekloof Formation of South Africa and therocephalian diversity during the end Guadalupian extinction. PeerJ 5:e3868

Parent taxon: Whaitsiidae according to A. K. Huttenlocker and R. M. H. Smith 2017

Sister taxa: Ictidochampsa, Megawhaitsia, Moschowhaitsia, Moschowhaitsiinae, Theriognathus, Viatkosuchus

Subtaxa: Microwhaitsia mendrezi

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Type: Microwhaitsia mendrezi

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at De Hoop 117, Badshoek, Beaufort West, Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone (Permian of South Africa)

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