Cambaytherium thewissi Bajpai et al. 2005 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Synonyms: Cambaytherium bidens Bajpai et al. 2005, Cambaytherium minor Bajpai et al. 2005, Indobune vastanensis Rose et al. 2006

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

See also Bajpai et al. 2005, Bajpai et al. 2006 and Rose et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Cambaytherium gracilis, Cambaytherium marinus

Type specimens:

  • Cambaytherium thewissi: IITR/SB/VLM 505. Its type locality is Vastan Lignite Mine, which is in a Ypresian lagoonal siltstone/claystone in the Cambay Shale Formation of India.
  • Cambaytherium bidens: IITR/SB/VLM 503. Its type locality is Vastan Lignite Mine, which is in a Ypresian lagoonal siltstone/claystone in the Cambay Shale Formation of India.
  • Cambaytherium minor: IITR/SB/VLM 539. Its type locality is Vastan Lignite Mine, which is in a Ypresian lagoonal siltstone/claystone in the Cambay Shale Formation of India.
  • Indobune vastanensis: GU/RSR/VAS 5, a maxilla (left maxilla with dP3-4, P4 (from crypt), M1). 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:

• Eocene of India (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections including 6 occurrences

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