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Eritherium

Mammalia - Proboscidea

Taxonomy
Eritherium was named by Gheerbrant (2009). Its type is Eritherium azzouzorum.

It was assigned to Proboscidea by Gheerbrant (2009).

Species
E. azzouzorum (type species)

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
genusEritherium

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.

G. †Eritherium Gheerbrant 2009
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†Eritherium azzouzorum Gheerbrant 2009
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:32:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:32:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Thanetian or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Morocco (Beni Mellal) E. azzouzorum (77353)