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The first representative of the family Whaitsiidae, Megawhaitsia patrichae gen. et sp. nov., from the terminal Permian of eastern Europe is described. This is a very large predator that appeared in the Vyazniki Tetrapod Assemblage in conditions of large predatory biomorph deficiency.
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Original Russian Text © M.F. Ivakhnenko, 2008, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2008, No. 4, pp. 74–78.
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Ivakhnenko, M.F. The first Whaitsiid (Therocephalia, Theromorpha) from the terminal Permian of eastern Europe. Paleontol. J. 42, 409–413 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030108040102
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