Erythrotherium Temporal range: Lower Jurassic |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | Cynodontia |
Family: | †Morganucodontidae |
Genus: | †Erythrotherium |
Type species | |
Erythrotherium parringtoni Crompton, 1964 |
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.