Geikia elginensis Newton 1893 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae

Full reference: E. T. Newton. 1893. On some New Reptiles from the Elgin Sandstones. Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 184:431-503

Belongs to Geikia according to E. T. Newton 1893

Sister taxon: Geikia locusticeps

Type specimen: GSM 90998-91015, a skull. Its type locality is Cutties Hillock Millstone Quarry, which is in a Changhsingian fluvial sandstone in the Cutties Hillock Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cutties Hillock Millstone Quarry

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