New whaitsioids (Therapsida: Therocephalia) from the Teekloof Formation of South Africa and therocephalian diversity during the end-Guadalupian extinction

Two new species of therocephalian therapsids are described from the upper Permian Teekloof Formation of the Karoo Basin, South Africa. They include two specimens of a whaitsiid, Microwhaitsia mendrezi gen. et sp. nov., and a single, small whaitsioid Ophidostoma tatarinovi gen. et sp. nov., which pre...

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Main Authors: Adam K. Huttenlocker, Roger M.H. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017-10-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/3868.pdf