Garjainia

Garjainia Temporal range: Early Triassic, Olenekian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Mandible elements of G. madiba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Family:	†Erythrosuchidae
Genus:	†Garjainia Otschev, 1958
Species
†Garjainia prima Otschev, 1958 (type) †Garjainia madiba Gower et al., 2014
Synonyms
Genus synonymy Vjushkovia Huene, 1960 Species synonymy of G. prima Garjainia triplicostata (Huene, 1960) Vjushkovia triplicostata Huene, 1960

Garjainia is an extinct genus of archosauromorph reptile. It was approximately 1.50–2 m (5–6 ft 8 in) long.

Restoration of G. madiba

Sources

• 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).
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• 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.