Cambaylophus Kapur and Bajpai 2015 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Full reference: V. V. Kapur and S. Bajpai. 2015. Oldest South Asian tapiromorph (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Cambay Shale Formation, western India, with comments on its phylogenetic position and biogeographic implications. The Palaeobotanist 64:95-103

Parent taxon: Tapiroidea according to V. V. Kapur and S. Bajpai 2015

Sister taxa: Deperetellidae, Euryletes, Haagella, Helaletes, Helaletidae, Heptodon, Heptodontidae, Hesperaletes, Tapiridae, Thuliadanta

Subtaxa: Cambaylophus vastanensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Vastan Lignite Mine (Eocene of India)

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