Biology:Elliotherium

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Short description: Extinct genus of cynodonts


Elliotherium
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification e
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Chordata
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Synapsida
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Therapsida
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Cynodontia
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: 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

  1. 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. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2006)080[0333:EKANTF2.0.CO;2]. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5365599 entry