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Not to be confused with Eritreum.
Eritherium
Temporal range: Selandian, 60 Ma
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Jaw of Eritherium azzouzorum
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Proboscidea
Genus:
†Eritherium Gheerbrant, 2009
Species:
†E. azzouzorum
Binomial name
†Eritherium azzouzorum
Gheerbrant, 2009
Eritherium is an extinct genus of early Proboscidea found in the Ouled Abdoun basin (early Thanetian age), Morocco. It lived about 60 million years ago. It was first named by Emmanuel Gheerbrant in 2009 and the type species is Eritherium azzouzorum. Eritherium is the oldest, smallest and most primitive known elephant relative.
Eritherium is an extinct genus of early Proboscidea found in the Ouled Abdoun basin (early Thanetian age), Morocco. It lived about 60 million years ago...
members of Proboscidea have been described. The earliest proboscideans, Eritherium and Phosphatherium are known from the late Paleocene of Africa. The Eocene...
Proboscidea have been described. The earliest proboscideans, the African Eritherium and Phosphatherium are known from the late Paleocene. The Eocene included...
Wrangel Island until around 4,000 years ago. Deinotherium Embrithopoda Eritherium azzouzorum Zygolophodon Palaeoloxodon namadicus H. T. Mackaye, M. Brunet...
Other very early proboscideans are known from the same area, the related Eritherium and Daouitherium. Phosphatherium is known primarily from two maxilla fragments...
of the group such as Abdounodus, Ocepeia, and the early proboscideans Eritherium, Phosphatherium, and Daouitherium. The known material of Hadrogeneios...
molar is smaller than those of Moeritherium, but larger than those of Eritherium and Phosphatherium. The tooth was low-crowned, more clearly than that...
was thus significantly larger than its predecessors Phosphatherium and Eritherium. Furthermore, it was characterized by a short trunk and quite long legs...
Flightless birds diversify. Mammals dominate. Titanoboa, largest known snake. Eritherium, the earliest known proboscid. Lemurs. Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum...