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Erythrozootes

Mammalia - Tenrecidae

Taxonomy
Erythrozootes was named by Butler and Hopwood (1957). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Potamogalinae by Van Valen (1967); to Protenrecinae by Butler (1984); and to Tenrecidae by Carroll (1988).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Erythrozootes Butler and Hopwood p. 24
1967Erythrozootes Van Valen
1984Erythrozootes Butler
1988Erythrozootes Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Afroinsectiphilia
Afroinsectivora
superfamilyTenrecoidea()
familyTenrecidae
subfamilyProtenrecinaeButler 1969
genusErythrozootesButler and Hopwood 1957

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Erythrozootes Butler and Hopwood 1957
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Erythrozootes chamerpes Butler and Hopwood 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:36:48
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991
Collections
No collection or age range data are available