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Elph

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)159716https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=159716
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Dicynodontidae : Elph
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
-AnomodontiaOwen 1859
-Chainosauria
-Dicynodontia
familyDicynodontidaeOwen 1859
genusElphKurkin 1999
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Elphgenusbelongs to Dicynodontidaestated with evidenceKurkin, 1999
Elphgenusbelongs to Dicynodontinaestated without evidenceIvakhnenko, 2008
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance265 - 252 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance265 - 252 Ma
Permian
Environmentterrestrial (based on Amniota)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Dicynodontia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. A. Kurkin. 1999. Novyy ditsinodont iz raskopok na reke Maloy Severnoy Dvine. [New dicynodont from Little Northern Dvina River excavations]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1999(3):87-92

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Elph borealis
species
listed (PBDB)2265 Ma
Permian
265 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1999Elph Kurkin p. 90
2003Elph Ivakhnenko
2008Elph Ivakhnenko

References

Kurkin A. A. (1999) Novyy ditsinodont iz raskopok na reke Maloy Severnoy Dvine. [New dicynodont from Little Northern Dvina River excavations], Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1999 3, 87-92
Ivakhnenko M. F. (2003) Eotherapsids from the East European Placket (Late Permian), Paleontological Journal 37 Suppl. 4, S339-S465
Ivakhnenko M. F. (2008) Podklass Theromorpha, Iskopaemye pozvonotchnye Rossii i sopredel'nykh stran: Iskopaemye reptilii i ptitsy, Tchast' 1 [Fossil vertebrates of Russia and adjacent countries: Fossil reptiles and birds, Part 1], GEOS, Moscow, 101-183
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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