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Microwhaitsia mendrezi

Therocephalia - Whaitsiidae

Taxonomy
Microwhaitsia mendrezi was named by Huttenlocker and Smith (2017). Its type specimen is SAM-PK-K10990, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is De Hoop 117, Badshoek, Beaufort West, Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in the Teekloof Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Microwhaitsia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Microwhaitsia mendrezi Huttenlocker and Smith

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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
genusMicrowhaitsia
speciesmendrezi

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.

†Microwhaitsia mendrezi Huttenlocker and Smith 2017
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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: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Western Cape) Microwhaitsia mendrezi (type locality: 190331)