Elliotherium
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Extinct genus of cynodonts
Elliotherium Temporal range: Late Triassic
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Family: | †Tritheledontidae |
Genus: | †Elliotherium Sidor 2006 |
Elliotherium is an extinct genus of cynodonts which existed in South Africa during the upper Triassic period. The type species is Elliotherium kersteni, named after the Elliot Formation in which the fossils were found.[1]
References
- ^ Sidor, C.A. & Hancox, P.J. (2006). "Elliotherium kersteni, a new tritheledontid from the Lower Elliot Formation (Upper Triassic) of South Africa". Journal of Paleontology. 80 (2): 333–342. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.557.9156. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2006)080[0333:EKANTF]2.0.CO;2.
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- Tritheledontidae
- Late Triassic synapsids
- Triassic synapsids of Africa
- Triassic South Africa
- Fossils of South Africa
- Fossil taxa described in 2006
- Taxa named by Christian Sidor
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