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Megawhaitsia patrichae

Therocephalia - Whaitsiidae

Taxonomy
Megawhaitsia patrichae was named by Ivakhnenko (2008). Its type specimen is PIN 1100/101, a maxilla (right maxillary bone), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vyazniki Localities, PIN 1100, which is in a Vyatkian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Megawhaitsia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Megawhaitsia patrichae Ivakhnenko p. 410 fig. 1

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

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.

Megawhaitsia patrichae Ivakhnenko 2008
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Vyatkian or 259.51000 to 257.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Vyatkian259.51 - 257.4Russian Federation (Vladimir) Megawhaitsia patrichae (type locality: 86346)
Vyatkian259.51 - 257.4Russian Federation (Nizhnii Novgorod) Megawhaitsia patrichae (86356)