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Eritreum

Mammalia - Proboscidea

Taxonomy
Eritreum was named by Shoshani et al. (2006). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Elephantimorpha by Shoshani et al. (2006); and to Elephantiformes by Sanders et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Eritreum Shoshani et al. p. 17296
2010Eritreum Sanders et al. p. 196

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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
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
ElephantimorphaTassy and Shoshani 1997
genusEritreum

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. †Eritreum Shoshani et al. 2006
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Eritreum melakeghebrekristosi Shoshani et al. 2006
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available