Megawhaitsia
| Megawhaitsia Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | †Therocephalia |
| Family: | †Whaitsiidae |
| Genus: | †Megawhaitsia |
| Type species | |
| Megawhaitsia patrichae Ivakhnenko (2008)
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Megawhaitsia is an extinct genus of large therapsids, potentially a therocephalian. It lived in the Late Permian in East Russia, and is known only by a maxilla, with a skull estimated to be 40–50 cm.[1][2]
References
- ^ The Paleobiology Database. "Megawhaitsia". Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ M. F. Ivakhnenko (2008). The first Whaitsiid (Therocephalia, Theromorpha) from the terminal Permian of eastern Europe. Paleontological Journal. July 2008, Volume 42, Issue 4, pp 409-413
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