Ishatherium
Ishatherium Temporal range: early Eocene
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla (?) |
Family: | †Anthracobunidae (?) |
Genus: | †Ishatherium Sahmi and Kumar, 1980 |
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Ishatherium is an extinct genus of ungulate from the early Eocene of the Subathu formation in northwestern India.
It is only known from a partial upper molar and was formerly classified as a sirenian. It was placed in Anthracobunidae in 1983[1] but this placement was rejected in a 2014 cladistic analysis.[2]
References[]
- ^ N.A. Wells and P.D. Gingerich. 1983. Review of Eocene Anthracobunidae (Mammalia, Proboscidea) with a new genus and species, Jozaria palustris, from the Kuldana Formation of Kohat (Pakistan). Contrib. Mus. Pal. Univ. Michigan 26(7): 117–139.
- ^ Cooper, L. N.; Seiffert, E. R.; Clementz, M.; Madar, S. I.; Bajpai, S.; Hussain, S. T.; Thewissen, J. G. M. (2014-10-08). "Anthracobunids from the Middle Eocene of India and Pakistan Are Stem Perissodactyls". PLOS ONE. 9 (10): e109232. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109232. PMC 4189980. PMID 25295875.
- Sahni, A.; Kumar, K. (1980). "Lower Eocene Sirenia, Ishatherium subathuensis, gen. et sp. nov. from the type area, Subathu Formation, Subathu, Simla Himalayas, H.P". Journal of the Paleontological Society of India. 23: 132–135.
Categories:
- Prehistoric odd-toed ungulates
- Eocene odd-toed ungulates
- Prehistoric placental genera
- Fossils of India