Garjainia

Garjainia
Temporal range: Early Triassic,
G. prima skull
Skeletal reconstruction of G. prima
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 erythrosuchid archosauriform reptile from the Olenekian of Russia and South Africa. It contains two species, Garjainia prima, from the Yarengian/Yarkenskian Supergorizont of Russia, and Garjainia madiba, from the Burgersdorp Formation (Cynognathus Assemblage Zone A) of South Africa. "Vjuskovia triplicostata", a name assigned to some erythrosuchid fossils from Russia, has been synonymized with Garjainia prima.

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