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Elph Temporal range: Late Permian, Wordian–Changhsingian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Suborder:	†Anomodontia
Clade:	†Dicynodontia
Family:	†Elphidae
Subfamily:	†Elphinae
Genus:	†Elph Kurkin, 1999
Species:	†E. borealis
Binomial name
†Elph borealis Kurkin, 1999

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.

References

1. ^ Kurkin, A.A. (1999). "A New Dicynodont from the Malaya Severnaya Dvina River Excavations". Paleontological Journal. 33 (3): 297–301.
2. Angielczyk, K.D.; Kurkin, A.A. (2003). "Phylogenetic analysis of Russian Permian dicynodonts (Therapsida: Anomodontia): implications for Permian biostratigraphy and Pangaean biogeography". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 139 (2): 157–212. doi:10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00081.x.
3. Golubev, V.K. (2000). "The faunal assemblages of Permian terrestrial vertebrates from Eastern Europe" (PDF). Paleontological Journal. 34 (Suppl. 2): S211 – S224.
4. Angielczyk, K.D. (2007). "New specimens of the Tanzanian dicynodont "Cryptocynodon" parringtoni Von Huene, 1942 (Therapsida, Anomodontia), with an expanded analysis of Permian dicynodont phylogeny". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (1): 116–131. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[116:NSOTTD]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86308349.

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Synapsida Clade: Therapsida Synapsida see Synapsida Anomodontia see below↓
Anomodontia Anomodontia Biseridens Novocynodon? Anomocephaloidea Anomocephalus Tiarajudens Venyukovioidea Otsheria Parasuminia Suminia Ulemica Venyukovia Chainosauria Galechirus Galeops Galepus Patranomodon Anomocephaloidea? Dicynodontia see below↓
Dicynodontia Dicynodontia Brachyprosopus Colobodectes Eodicynodon Lanthanostegus Nyaphulia Pristerodon Pylaecephalidae Diictodon Eosimops Prosictodon Robertia Endothiodontia Abajudon Endothiodon Niassodon Therochelonia Emydopoidea Digalodon Emydorhinus? Palemydops? Emydopidae Compsodon Emydops Myosauridae Myosauroides Myosaurus Kingoriidae Dicynodontoides Kombuisia Thliptosaurus Cistecephalidae Cistecephaloides Cistecephalus Kawingasaurus Kembawacela Sauroscaptor Bidentalia see below↓
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