Erythrotherium

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Erythrotherium
Temporal range: Lower Jurassic
Scientific classification
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Genus:
Erythrotherium
Species:
E. parringtoni
Binomial name
Erythrotherium parringtoni
Crompton, 1964

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Erythrotherium is an extinct genus of basal mammal from the Lower Jurassic. It was related to Morganucodon. Only one species is recorded, Erythrotherium parringtoni, from Red Beds, Stromberg Group, Mafeteng and Upper Elliot Formation and Clarens Formation, from Lesotho and South Africa.

References

  • CROMPTON (1964). A preliminary description of a new mammal from the Upper Triassic of South Africa. Zoological Society of London, Proceedings 142: 441-452.

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