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Garjainia prima

Osteichthyes - Erythrosuchidae

Taxonomy

Garjainia prima was named by Ochev (1958). It is the type species of Garjainia.

Synonyms

Garjainia triplicostata was named by Huene (1960). It is not extant. Its type specimen is PIN 951/ 59, a partial skull.

It was synonymized subjectively with Garjainia prima by Gower and Sennikov (2000).
Vjushkovia triplicostata was named by Huene (1960). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rassypnaya locality, PIN 951, which is in an Olenekian terrestrial sandstone/sandstone in the Petropavlovka Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Vjushkovia.

It was synonymized subjectively with Garjainia prima by Ezcurra (2016).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1958	Garjainia prima Ochev
1960	Garjainia triplicostata Huene
1960	Vjushkovia triplicostata Huene
1967	Garjainia prima Charig p. 708
1967	Vjushkovia triplicostata Charig p. 708
1976	Garjainia prima Charig and Sues p. 31
1976	Vjushkovia triplicostata Charig and Sues p. 31
1993	Vjushkovia triplocostata Parrish p. 291 fig. 2
2016	Garjainia prima Ezcurra

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
family	Erythrosuchidae
genus	Garjainia	Ochev 1958
species	prima	Ochev 1958

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.

†Garjainia prima Ochev 1958

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Invalid names: Garjainia triplicostata Huene 1960 [synonym], Vjushkovia triplicostata Huene 1960 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Created:

2017-04-17 15:16:03

Modified:

2017-04-17 15:16:03

Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Olenekian or 249.90000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Olenekian	249.9 - 246.7	Russian Federation (Orenburg)	Garjainia prima (93205) Vjushkovia triplicostata (98595)