Erythrotherium

Erythrotherium Temporal range: Lower Jurassic PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	Therapsida
Suborder:	Cynodontia
Order:	†Morganucodonta
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.

References

• CROMPTON (1964). A preliminary description of a new mammal from the Upper Triassic of South Africa. Zoological Society of London, Proceedings 142: 441-452.

Basal mammaliaforms
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Synapsida Clade: Therapsida Clade: Cynodontia
Major clades Morganucodonta Docodonta Mammalia
Mammaliaformes Mammaliaformes Adelobasileus Bocaconodon Condorodon Hadrocodium Sinoconodon Tinodon Morganucodonta Docodonta Mammalia Yinotheria Boreosphenida Metatheria Eutheria
Morganucodonta Basal morganucodonts Bridetherium Hallautherium Paceyodon Purbeckodon Rosierodon Megazostrodontidae Wareolestes Brachyzostrodon Megazostrodon Morganucodontidae Gondwanadon Holwellconodon Indozostrodon Likhoeletherium Helvetiodon Erythrotherium Eozostrodon Morganucodon
Docodonta Basal docodonts Agilodocodon Itatodon Simpsonodon Tashkumyrodon Docodontidae Borealestes Cyrtlatherium Castorocauda Docodon Docofossor Dsungarodon Gondatherium Haldanodon Peraiocynodon Tegotheriidae Hutegotherium Krusatodon Paritatodon Sibirotherium Tegotherium
Related categories Mammaliaformes Docodonts Morganucodonts