Elginia Temporal range: Changhsingian,
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The holotype skull of Elginia mirabilis as illustrated by Newton (1893), seen from the side. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | †Parareptilia |
Order: | †Procolophonomorpha |
Clade: | †Pareiasauria |
Family: | †Pareiasauridae |
Genus: | †Elginia Newton, 1893 |
Type species | |
†Elginia mirabilis Newton, 1893
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Other species | |
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Elginia is an extinct genus of pareiasaurid known from the Late Permian of Scotland and China.[1][2][3] It was named for the area around Elgin in Scotland, which has yielded many fossils referred to as the Elgin Reptiles.