Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Alternative combination: Gujaratia indica
Full reference: S. Bajpai, V. V. Kapur, D. P. Das, B. N. Tiwari, N. Saravanan and R. Sharma. 2005. Early Eocene land mammals from Vastan Lignite Mine, District Surat (Gujarat), Western India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 50(1):101-113
Belongs to Diacodexis according to K. Kumar et al. 2010
See also Bajpai et al. 2005, Rana et al. 2008 and Theodor et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Diacodexis antunesi, Diacodexis corsaensis, Diacodexis gazini, Diacodexis gigasei, Diacodexis gracilis, Diacodexis ilicis, Diacodexis kelleyi, Diacodexis metsiacus, Diacodexis minutus, Diacodexis morrisi, Diacodexis parvus, Diacodexis primus, Diacodexis secans, Diacodexis varleti
Type specimen: IITR/SB/VLM 511. Its type locality is Vastan Lignite Mine, which is in a Ypresian lagoonal siltstone/claystone in the Cambay Shale Formation of India.
Distribution: found only at Vastan Lignite Mine
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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