Erythrotherium
Erythrotherium (meaning "red beast") is an extinct genus of basal mammaliaforms from the Late Triassic to Lower Jurassic. It is related to Morganucodon. Only one species is recorded, Erythrotherium parringtoni, from Red Beds, Stormberg Group, Mafeteng, Upper Elliot and Clarens Formations, from Lesotho and South Africa.
| Erythrotherium Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Clade: | Mammaliaformes |
| Order: | †Morganucodonta |
| Family: | †Morganucodontidae |
| Genus: | †Erythrotherium Crompton, 1964 |
| Type species | |
| Erythrotherium parringtoni Crompton, 1964[1] | |
The single jaw of Erythrotherium was found in the matrix surrounding a dinosaur fossil, by the person preparing the dinosaur, Mr C. Gow.[1]
References
- Crompton A. W. (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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