Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Raoellidae
Alternative combinations: Bunodentus inflatus, Khirtharia inflata
Full reference: A. Ranga Rao. 1972. New mammalian genera and species from the Kalakot zone of Himalayan foot hills, Jammu & Kashmir State, India. Special Paper - India, Oil and Natural Gas Commission, Directorate of Geology 1(1):1-19
Belongs to Khirtharia according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007
See also Kumar and Sahni 1985, Ranga Rao 1972, Thewissen et al. 2001, Waqas et al. 2024 and West 1980
Sister taxa: Khirtharia aurea, Khirtharia dayi
Type specimen: ONG/K/8, a mandible (right mandible with p3-m3). Its type locality is Sindkhatudi Bone Bed, which is in a Lutetian lagoonal mudstone/siltstone in India.
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of India (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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