Elliotherium

El-le-ot-fe-re-um.
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Paleoecologist

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Name

Elliotherium ‭(‬Elliot beast‭)‬.

Phonetic

El-le-ot-fe-re-um.

Named By

C.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Sidor‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Hancox‭ ‬-‭ ‬2006.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Cynodontia.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

E.‭ ‬kersteni‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

South Africa‭ ‬-‭ ‬Elliot Formation.

Time Period

Norian of the Triassic.

Fossil representation

Partial remains.

In Depth

       Elliotherium is a genus of cynodont that lived in South Africa during the late Triassic.‭ ‬Elliotherium is named after the Elliot formation where the holotype fossil was recovered from and combined with the word‭ ‘‬therium‭’ ‬which translates to English as‭ ‘‬beast‭’‬.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Elliotherium kersteni,‭ ‬a new tritheledontid from the lower Elliot Formation‭ (‬Upper Triassic‭) ‬of South Africa.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Paleontology‭ ‬80‭(‬2‭)‬:333-342.‭ ‬-‭ ‬C.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Sidor‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Hancox‭ ‬-‭ ‬2006.

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