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Extinct genus of cynodonts
Elliotherium Temporal range: Late Triassic
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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]
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