Reptilia - Procolophonomorpha - Elginiidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1896. The reptilian order Cotylosauria. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 34:436-457
Parent taxon: Pareiasauria according to J. Liu and G. S. Bever 2018
See also Cope 1896, Ivakhnenko 2008, Kuhn 1946 and Kuhn 1966
Sister taxa: Anthodon, Arganaceras, Bradysauridae, Bradysaurus, Bunostegos, Embrithosaurus, Koalemasaurus, Nanoparia, Nochelesaurus, Pachypes, Parasaurus, Pareiasauridae, Pareiasaurus, Pareiasaurus acutirostris, Pareiasaurus bombidens, Pareiasaurus russouwi, Pareiasaurus steenkampensis, Pareiasaurus strubeni, Pareiasuchus, Pumiliopareia, Rhipaeosauridae, Zhongjiania
Ecology: herbivore
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), the Russian Federation (6), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences