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Garjainia

Osteichthyes - Erythrosuchidae

Taxonomy
Garjainia was named by Ochev (1958). Its type is Garjainia prima.

It was assigned to Erythrosuchidae by Charig (1967), Charig and Reig (1970), Charig and Sues (1976), Benton (1985), Carroll (1988), Gower et al. (2014), Ezcurra (2016).

Species
G. madiba, G. prima (syn. Vjushkovia triplicostata, G. triplicostata) (type species)
Entered
by J. Head on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Carrano on 2021-09-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Garjainia Ochev
1967Garjainia Charig p. 708
1970Garjainia Charig and Reig p. 165
1976Garjainia Charig and Sues p. 31
1985Garjainia Benton p. 154
1988Garjainia Carroll
2014Garjainia Gower et al.
2016Garjainia Ezcurra

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
familyErythrosuchidae
genusGarjainiaOchev 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.

G. †Garjainia Ochev 1958
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†Garjainia madiba Gower et al. 2014
†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
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Spathian or 248.60000 to 247.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian250.8 - 247.0Russian Federation (Orenburg) G. prima (93205) Vjushkovia triplicostata (98595)
Olenekian250.8 - 247.0South Africa (Free State) G. madiba (98611 98613 98616 98617 182942 182943 182944)
Spathian248.6 - 247.0Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) G. sp. (195807 195810)
Spathian248.6 - 247.0South Africa (Free State) G. sp. (137124)
Spathian248.6 - 247.0Russian Federation (Orenburg) G. sp. (195813 195814 195815 195816 195823 195825)