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Elph borealis

Anomodontia - Dicynodontidae

Taxonomy
Elph borealis was named by Kurkin (1999). Its type specimen is PIN 2353/37, a partial skull (missing part of the premaxilla, zygomatic arches, right quadrate and postdentary part of mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zavrazhye locality, PIN 2353, 2356, which is in a Severodvinian/Vyatkian terrestrial horizon in the Salarevo Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Elph.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Elph borealis Kurkin p. 90 figs. 1, 2
2003Elph borealis Ivakhnenko
2008Elph borealis Ivakhnenko

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
familyDicynodontidaeOwen 1859
genusElph
speciesborealis

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.

†Elph borealis Kurkin 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available