Cambaytherium marinus Bajpai et al. 2006 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Alternative combination: Kalitherium marinus

Full reference: S. Bajpai, V. V. Kapur, J. G. M. Thewissen, D. P. Das, and B. N. Tiwari. 2006. New early Eocene cambaytheres (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Vastan Lignite Mine (Gujarat, India) and an evaluation of cambaythere relationships. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 51(1):101-110

Belongs to Cambaytherium according to K. D. Rose et al. 2020

See also Bajpai et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Cambaytherium gracilis, Cambaytherium thewissi

Type specimen: IITR SB VLM 931, a skull. Its type locality is Vastan Lignite Mine, which is in a Ypresian lagoonal siltstone/claystone in the Cambay Shale Formation of India.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution: found only at Vastan Lignite Mine

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