†family Whaitsiidae Haughton 1918 (therapsid)
Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Whaitsiidae
Parent taxon: Whaitsioidea according to A. K. Huttenlocker and R. M. H. Smith 2017
See also Battail and Surkov 2000, Carroll 1988, Haughton and Brink 1954, Kemp 1982, Kuhn 1946 and Tatarinov 2008
Sister taxa: Hofmeyria, Ictidostoma, Ophidostoma
Subtaxa: Ictidochampsa Megawhaitsia Microwhaitsia Moschowhaitsia Moschowhaitsiinae Theriognathus Viatkosuchus
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Tanzania (1 collection)
• Permian of the Russian Federation (4), South Africa (36), Tanzania (3), Zambia (4)
Total: 48 collections including 63 occurrences