• Source: Elph (therapsid)

Elph (an arbitrary combination of letters) is an extinct genus of dicynodont therapsids from Russia. Four specimens have been found from the Sokolki Assemblage in European Russia, representing a fauna that dates back to the Late Permian. The holotype, PIN 2353/37, was originally considered a juvenile specimen due to its small size (with a total skull length of 106 mm), before being recognized as a mature individual.
Elph was a small herbivore that lived alongside carnivorous akidnognathids and inostranceviids, as well as larger herbivores like Dicynodon and pareiasaurids. The type species E. borealis was named in 1999. Elph has a short snout and tusks and is closely related to Interpresosaurus and Katumbia.




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Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Elph (therapsid)
• Elph
• Lystrosaurus
• Dicynodontia
• Pristerodon
• Rhachiocephalus
• Nyaphulia
• Colobodectes
• Bulbasaurus
• Dicynodon