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Erythrotherium

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
†Morganucodontidae

Rank
  
Genus

Suborder
  
Cynodontia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Therapsid

Erythrotherium

Scientific name
  
Erythrotherium parringtoni

Similar
  
Eozostrodon, Morganucodonta, Megazostrodon, Sinoconodon, Gobiconodon

Erythrotherium is an extinct genus of basal mammal from the Lower Jurassic. It was related to Morganucodon. Only one species is recorded, Erythrotherium parringtoni, from Red Beds, Stromberg Group, Mafeteng and Upper Elliot Formation and Clarens Formation, from Lesotho and South Africa.

References

Erythrotherium Wikipedia