''Erythrotherium'' (meaning "red beast") is an extinct genus of basal

mammaliaform Mammaliaformes ("mammalian forms") is a clade of synapsid tetrapods that includes the crown group mammals and their closest extinct relatives; the group radiated from earlier probainognathian cynodonts during the Late Triassic. It is defined a ...

s from the Lower Jurassic of

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

. It is related to ''

Morganucodon ''Morganucodon'' ("Glamorgan tooth") is an early mammaliaform genus that lived from the Late Triassic to the Middle Jurassic. It first appeared about 205 million years ago. Unlike many other early mammaliaforms, ''Morganucodon'' is well represent ...

''. Only one species is recorded, ''Erythrotherium parringtoni''. The single jaw of ''Erythrotherium'' was found in the matrix surrounding a dinosaur fossil, by the person preparing the dinosaur, Mr C. Gow.

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Morganucodonta Early Jurassic synapsids of Africa Jurassic South Africa Fossils of South Africa Fossil taxa described in 1964 Taxa named by Alfred W. Crompton {{Paleo-cynodont-stub