†Elginia wuyongae Liu and Bever 2018 (parareptile)
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Reptilia - Procolophonomorpha - Elginiidae
Full reference: J. Liu and G. S. Bever. 2018. The tetrapod fauna of the upper Permian Naobaogou Formation of China: a new species of Elginia (Parareptilia, Pareiasauria) . Papers in Palaeontology 4(2):197-209
Belongs to Elginia according to J. Liu and G. S. Bever 2018
Sister taxon: Elginia mirabilis
Type specimen: IVPP V 23875, a partial skeleton (Partial skull with 11 vertebrae, ribs, and c. 12 osteoderms.). Its type locality is Locality DQS33, Tumd Right Banner, which is in a Lopingian terrestrial siltstone in the Naobaogou Formation of China.
Ecology: planktonic herbivore
Distribution: found only at Locality DQS33, Tumd Right Banner
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