Extinct species of mammal
Eritreum Temporal range: Late Oligocene
28–26 Ma
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Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Proboscidea
Genus:
† Eritreum Shoshani et al., 2006[1]
Species:
†E. melakeghebrekristosi
Binomial name
† Eritreum melakeghebrekristosi Shoshani et al., 2006[1]
Not to be confused with Eritherium.
Eritreum melakeghebrekristosi
The generic name Eritreum comes from Eritrea, the country in the Horn of Africa where the specimen was discovered. The specific name melakeghebrekristosi honors Melake Ghebrekristos, the farmer who found the specimen.
^ a b J. Shoshani, R. C. Walter, M. Abraha, S. Berhe, P. Tassy, W. J. Sanders, G. H. Marchant, Y. Libsekal, T. Ghirmai and D. Zinner. 2006.A proboscidean from the late Oligocene of Eritrea, a "missing link" between early Elephantiformes and Elephantimorpha, and biogeographic implications. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103(46) : 17296-17301
Last Update: 2023-11-13T03:06:29Z
Eritreum melakeghebrekristosi is an extinct species of proboscidean mammal, which lived in Northeast Africa during the late Oligocene some 27 million years...
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changed little during the Oligocene. One notable species of this epoch was Eritreum melakeghebrekristosi of the Horn of Africa, which may have been an ancestor...
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Proboscidea Suborder: Elephantiformes Tassy, 1988 Subgroups †Dagbatitherium †Eritreum †Hemimastodon †Palaeomastodon †Phiomia Elephantimorpha Elephantida †Mammutidae...
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