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Eritherium azzouzorum

Mammalia - Proboscidea

Taxonomy
Eritherium azzouzorum was named by Gheerbrant (2009). Its type specimen is MNHN PM69, a partial skull (rostrum preserving max with P3-4 and M1-3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry A4, Sidi Chennane, which is in a Thanetian marine phosphorite in the Couche II Formation of Morocco. It is the type species of Eritherium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Eritherium azzouzorum Gheerbrant p. 10717 figs. Fig. 1 & 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
genusEritherium
speciesazzouzorum

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Eritherium azzouzorum Gheerbrant 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available