Garjainia
Name: Garjainia.
Phonetic: Gar-jay-ne-ah.
Named By: Ochev - 1958.
Synonyms: Garjainia triplicostata,
Vjushkovia.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Diapsida,
Archosauromorpha, Erythrosuchidae.
Species: G. prima (type), G.
madiba, G. triplicostata.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Large individuals up to 2 meters long.
Known locations: Russia - Petropavlovka
Formation. South Africa - Burgersdorp Formation.
Time period: Olenekian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Fossils of many individuals.
Garjainia is a close relative of the more famous Erythrosuchus, and like that genus, Garjainia also had what appeared to be an oversized head. This head, filled with numerous sharp teeth would have been the primary killing weapon against the herbivorous animals of the time.
Further reading
- A New Species of Garjainia Ochev, 1958
(Diapsida:
Archosauriformes: Erythrosuchidae) from the Early Triassic of
South Africa. - PLOS ONE. - David Gower, John P. Hancox,
Jennifer Botha-Brink, Andrey G. Sennikov & Richard J.
Butler - 2014.
- Cranial anatomy and taxonomy of the erythrosuchid archosauriform
'Vjushkovia triplicostata' Huene, 1960, from the Early Triassic of
European Russia. - Royal Society Open Science. 6 (11): 191289. -
Richard J. Butler, Andrey G. Sennikov, Emma M. Dunne, Martin D.
Ezcurra, Brandon P. Hedrick, Susannah C. R. Maidment, Luke E. Meade,
Thomas J. Raven & David J. Gower - 2019.
- The osteology of the holotype of the early erythrosuchid Garjainia
prima (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the upper Lower
Triassic of
European Russia. - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 185 (3):
717–783. - Mart�n D. Ezcurra, David J.Gower, Andrey G. Sennikov
& Richard J. Butler - 2019.
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