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Elginiidae

Reptilia - Elginiidae

Taxonomy
Elginiidae was named by Cope (1896).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pareiasauridae by Kuhn (1946).

It was assigned to Cotylosauria by Cope (1896); to Pareiasauria by Kuhn (1966); to Elginioidea by Ivakhnenko (2008); and to Pareiasauria by Liu and Bever (2018).

Subtaxa
Elginia, Obirkovia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Elginiidae Cope p. 440
1966Elginiidae Kuhn p. 18
2008Elginiidae Ivakhnenko p. 74
2018Elginiidae Liu and Bever

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
—Procolophonomorpha()
—Procolophonia()
—Hallucicrania
superfamilyPareiasauroideaNopsca 1928
—Pareiasauria()
familyElginiidae
familyElginiidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Elginiidae Cope 1896
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G. †Elginia Newton 1893
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†Elginia mirabilis Newton 1893
†Elginia wuyongae Liu and Bever 2018
G. †Obirkovia Bulanov and Yashina 2005
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†Obirkovia gladiator Bulanov and Yashina 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:32:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Vyatkian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.51000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 256.8Russian Federation (Vologda) Elginiidae indet. (93025) Obirkovia gladiator (93016)
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 256.8Russian Federation (Orenburg) Elginiidae indet. (93027 93030)
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 256.8Russian Federation (Vladimir) Elginiidae indet. (93026)
Vyatkian259.51 - 256.8Russian Federation (Vladimir) Elginiidae indet., Obirkovia sp. (86346)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902China (Nei Mongol) Elginia wuyongae (194384)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902United Kingdom (Scotland) Elginia mirabilis, Gordonia sp. (92323)