Erythrotherium

Erythrotherium is an extinct genus of basal mammal from the Late Triassic to Lower Jurassic. It is 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.

Erythrotherium
Temporal range: Late Triassic–Early Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
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

  1. 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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