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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
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

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Anisian or 259.90000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Severodvinian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Kirov) Viatkosuchus sumini (28854)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Western Cape) Microwhaitsia mendrezi (190331) Theriognathus microps (178865)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Zambia Theriognathus microps (196928 196929 196930 196931)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Northern Cape) Hofmeyria atavus (174666 178870) Ophidostoma tatarinovi (190568) Theriognathus microps (178523 179590)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Hofmeyria atavus (80826)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Tanzania (Ruvuma) Notosollasia luckhoffi, Notaelurops paucidens (181520) Theriognathus microps (180461) Theriognathus sp. (135698)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Northern Cape) Theriognathus microps (196935 196936 196938)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Alopecopsis atavus, Ictidochampsa platyceps (80219) Moschorhynchus gracilis (174735) Moschorhynchus latirostris (176312) Notosollasia laticeps (176336 178872) Notosollasia laticeps, Notosollasia luckhoffi (174741) Notosollasia longiceps (80216) Notosollasia longiceps, Notaelurops paucidens (80226) Notosollasia longiceps, Theriognathus microps (178900) Theriognathus microps (171337 179588 196932) Whaitsia platyceps (80174 80225 174663 176330 176917 178864) Whaitsia platyceps, Notosollasia longiceps (177563)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Western Cape) Moschorhynchus brachyrhinus, Whaitsia pricei, Aneugomphius ictidoceps, Theriognathus microps (174623) Notosollasia boonstrai (178477) Notosollasia laticeps (89859) Theriognathus microps (80178 196937) Whaitsia platyceps, Notosollasia laticeps, Notosollasia longiceps, Theriognathus microps (80176)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Free State) Theriognathus microps (196933 196934) Whaitsia major, Theriognathus microps (179592)
Vyatkian259.51 - 257.4Russian Federation (Nizhnii Novgorod) Megawhaitsia patrichae, Hexacynodon purlinensis (86356)
Vyatkian259.51 - 257.4Russian Federation (Vladimir) Moschowhaitsia vjuschkovi (189402) Moschowhaitsia vjuschkovi, Megawhaitsia patrichae (86346)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17South Africa (Western Cape) Whaitsia platyceps (80223)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Tanzania (Ruvuma) Theriognathus microps (194382)