Elph (therapsid)

Elph is an extinct genus of dicynodont therapsids from Russia. Four specimens have been found from the in European Russia, representing a fauna that dates back to the Late Permian. 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.

Elph (therapsid)

Elph is an extinct genus of dicynodont therapsids from Russia. Four specimens have been found from the in European Russia, representing a fauna that dates back to the Late Permian. 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.