Biology:Cambaytheriidae

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Short description: Extinct family of mammals

Cambaytheriidae
Temporal range: Early Eocene
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Anthracobunia
Family: Cambaytheriidae
Bajpai et al., 2005
Genera[1]

Cambaytheriidae[2][3] is a family of primitive four or five-toed ungulates native to the Indian subcontinent. They lived during the Early Eocene epoch and are distinguished by the presence of bunodont teeth suitable for eating tough vegetation. They are related to, but distinct from, the early perissodactyls, and may also be closely related to the anthracobunids as a sister group to the Perissodactyla.[4]

References

  1. "Cambaytheriidae". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/4969177. 
  2. Bajpai, Sunil; Kapur, Vivesh V; Tiwari, B N; Saravanan, N; Sharma, Ritu (2005). "Early Eocene land mammals from the Vastan Lignite Mine, District Surat (Gujarat), western India". Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India. ISSN 0552-9360. http://palaeontologicalsociety.in/publication.php. 
  3. Bajpai, Sunil; Kapur, Vivesh V.; Thewissen, J. G. M.; Das, Debasis P.; Tiwari, B. N. (2006). "New early Eocene cambaythere (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Vastan Lignite Mine (Gujarat, India) and an evaluation of cambaythere relationships" (in en). Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 51 (1): 101–110. ISSN 0552-9360. http://palaeontologicalsociety.in/publication.php. 
  4. Rose, K.D. et al. (2019). "Anatomy, relationships, and paleobiology of Cambaytherium (Mammalia, Perissodactylamorpha, Anthracobunia) from the Lower Eocene of western India". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39 (sup1): 1-147. doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1761370. 

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