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Whaitsioidea

Therocephalia

Taxonomy
Whaitsioidea was named by Haughton (1918). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Huttenlocker and Smith (2017).

It was assigned to Pristerosaurida by Tatarinov (2008); and to Eutherocephalia by Huttenlocker and Smith (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Whaitsioidea Haughton
2008Whaitsioidea Tatarinov
2017Whaitsioidea Huttenlocker and Smith

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

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.

Superfm. †Whaitsioidea Haughton 1918
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G. †Hofmeyria Broom 1935
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Hofmeyria atavus Broom 1935
G. †Ictidostoma Broom 1931
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Ictidostoma hemburyi Broom 1911
G. †Ophidostoma Huttenlocker and Smith 2017
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Ophidostoma tatarinovi Huttenlocker and Smith 2017
Fm. †Whaitsiidae Haughton 1918
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G. †Ictidochampsa Broom 1948
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G. †Megawhaitsia Ivakhnenko 2008
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Megawhaitsia patrichae Ivakhnenko 2008
G. †Microwhaitsia Huttenlocker and Smith 2017
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Microwhaitsia mendrezi Huttenlocker and Smith 2017
G. †Moschowhaitsia Tatarinov 1963
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Moschowhaitsia vjuschkovi Tatarinov 1963
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Invalid names: Hexacynodon purlinensis Tatarinov 1974 [synonym]
Invalid names: Hexacynodon Tatarinov 1963 [synonym]
G. †Theriognathus Owen 1876
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Theriognathus microps Owen 1876
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Invalid names: Alopecopsis atavus Broom 1920 [synonym], Hyenosaurus platyceps Broom 1935 [synonym], Whaitsia major Broom 1931 [synonym], Whaitsia platyceps Haughton 1918 [synonym]
Invalid names: Alopecopsis Broom 1920 [synonym], Hyenosaurus Broom 1935 [synonym], Whaitsia Haughton 1918 [synonym]
G. †Viatkosuchus Tatarinov 1995
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Viatkosuchus sumini Tatarinov 1995
Invalid names: Moschowhaitsiinae Tatarinov 1963 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available