Eritherium

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Eritherium Temporal range: Selandian, 60 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Jaw of Eritherium azzouzorum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Proboscidea
Genus:	†Eritherium Gheerbrant, 2009
Species:	†E. azzouzorum
Binomial name
†Eritherium azzouzorum Gheerbrant, 2009

Eritherium is an extinct genus of early Proboscidea found in the Ouled Abdoun basin (early Thanetian age), Morocco. It lived about 60 million years ago. It was first named by Emmanuel Gheerbrant in 2009 and the type species is Eritherium azzouzorum. Eritherium is the oldest, smallest and most primitive known elephant relative.