Eritherium skull and stem-proboscidean placement

A Paleocene skull and dental hypodigm test early proboscidean anatomy and relationships.

Represented range60.5–59.2 Ma

RegionsLower bone bed, phosphate bed IIa, Sidi Chennane, Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco

CladesEritherium azzouzorum · Proboscidea · Afrotheria

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topology · medium

Eritherium azzouzorum is represented by a 15-specimen hypodigm including holotype skull MNHN PM69 from the lower bone bed of Sidi Chennane; dental and cranial characters support a stem-proboscidean placement, while body mass and exact phylogenetic position are comparative estimates.

claim:event:eritherium-holotype-proboscidean

References

Paleocene emergence of elephant relatives and the rapid radiation of African ungulatesGheerbrant, E. · 2009 · DOI 10.1073/pnas.0900251106

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