Full reference: E. Gheerbrant. 2009. Paleocene emergence of elephant relatives and the rapid radiation of African ungulates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 106(26):10717-10721
Parent taxon: Proboscidea according to E. Gheerbrant 2009
Sister taxa: Arcanotherium, Barytherioidea, Caenobasileus, Caenobasileus tremontigerus, Choerolophodontidae, Cryptomastodon, Deinotheriidae, Deinotherioidea, Dinotherioidea, Elephantiformes, Euelephantoidea, Gomphotheriidae, Hemimastodontidae, Mastodontidae, Mastodontoidea, Moeritherioidea, Neodesmostylus, Phiomia, Plesielephantiformes, Saloumia
Subtaxa: Eritherium azzouzorum
Type: Eritherium azzouzorum
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution: found only at Quarry A4, Sidi Chennane (Paleocene of Morocco)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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