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Megawhaitsia

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Whaitsiidae

Taxonomy
Megawhaitsia was named by Ivakhnenko (2008). It is not extant. Its type is Megawhaitsia patrichae.

It was assigned to Whaitsiidae by Ivakhnenko (2008).

Species
M. patrichae (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Megawhaitsia Ivakhnenko p. 410

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderTherocephalia
—EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
superfamilyWhaitsioideaHaughton 1918
familyWhaitsiidaeHaughton 1918
genusMegawhaitsia

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Megawhaitsia Ivakhnenko 2008
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†Megawhaitsia patrichae Ivakhnenko 2008
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:57
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Vyatkian or 259.51000 to 256.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Vyatkian259.51 - 256.8Russian Federation (Nizhnii Novgorod) M. patrichae (86356)
Vyatkian259.51 - 256.8Russian Federation (Vladimir) M. patrichae (86346)