Eritreum melakeghebrekristosi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elephantimorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulata Ordo: Proboscidea Subordo: Elephantiformes Cladus: Elephantimorpha

Familia: Incertae sedis
Genus: †Eritreum
Species: †Eritreum melakeghebrekristosi

Name

Eritreum melakeghebrekristosi Shoshani, Walter, Abraha, Berhe, Tassy, Sanders, Marchant, Libsekal, Ghirmani & Zinner, 2006: 17296

Holotype: NME, left mandibular ramus with m2 and m3, right mandibular ramus with m2 and partial first lophid of m3, portions of mandibular symphysis (in two parts) with remnants of tusk alveoli.

Type locality and horizon: “at the base of the Eritrean eastern escarpment, the locality, known as Wedeg Melatse Farm, has low relief (~100 m) composed of tilted and faulted Oligocene sediments of the Dogali Formation.”

References

Primary references

• Shoshani, J., Walter, R.C., Abraha, M., Berhe, S., Tassy, P., Sanders, W.J., Marchant, G.H., Libsekal, Y., Ghirmani, T. & Zinner, D. 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 of the United States of America 103(46): 17296–17301. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0603689103 Reference page.