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Erythrotherium parringtoni

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Erythrotherium parringtoni was named by Crompton (1964). Its type specimen is SAM-K-359, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 5 km southeast of Likhoele, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial horizon in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho. It is the type species of Erythrotherium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Erythrotherium parringtoni Crompton p. 442 figs. 1-2
1979Erythrotherium parringtoni Jenkins and Crompton p. 75
2004Erythrotherium parringtoni Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 165, 176

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
genusErythrotherium
speciesparringtoni

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.

†Erythrotherium parringtoni Crompton 1964
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. W. Crompton 1964Mammal with a well developed condyle on the dentary. A groove in the dentary containing accessory jaw bones is present. The primary articulation between the articular and quadrate was presumably still present. Angle of the dentary extremely small. Boss
for the support of the coronoid bone absent. Slender coronoid process.
Dental formula:
1 ? C ? PC ?
4(5) 1 6(7)
Posterior lower postcanines similar to those of Morganucodon watsoni except that the cingulum cusps are less well developed. Upper posterior postcanines, unlike those of Morganucodon, consist of five cusps aligned antero-posteriorly. Anterior and posterior accessory cusps of the same size.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Lesotho (Mafeteng) Erythrotherium parringtoni (type locality: 232329)