Garjainia
| Garjaina Temporal range: Triassic | |
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| Life restoration of Garjainia prima | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Subclass: | Diapsida |
| Infraclass: | Archosauromorpha |
| Family: | Erythrosuchidae |
| Genus: | Garjainia |
| Species | |
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Garjainia prima Otschev, 1958 Garjainia triplicostata Huene, 1960 Garjainia madiba Gower et al., 2014 | |
Garjainia is an extinct genus of archosauromorph reptile. It was approximately 1.50–2 m (5–6 ft 8 in) long.
Mandible of G. madiba
Bibliography
- Gower, D.J., Ochev, V.G. The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia, s. 145-147. (link).
- Ochev, V.G. Materials to the Tetrapod History at the Paleozoic-Mesozoic Boundary. 2004. (http://www.sgu.ru/institutes/geology/docs/Ochev_2004.pdf).
- Robert L. Carroll. Paläontologie und Evolution der Wirbeltiere. Thieme, Stuttgart (1993), ISBN 3-13-774401-6
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- Michael J. Benton, James M. Clark. Archosaur phylogeny and the relationships of the Crocodylia. En línea PDF
- David Gower. The tarsus of erythrosuchid archosaurs, and implications for early diapsid phylogeny. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 1996, 116: 347–375. PDF.
- Gower, David; Hancox, P. John; Botha-Brink, Jennifer; Sennikov, Andrey G.; Butler, Richard J. (November 11, 2014). "A New Species of Garjainia Ochev, 1958 (Diapsida: Archosauriformes: Erythrosuchidae) from the Early Triassic of South Africa". PLOS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0111154. Retrieved 16 November 2014.