Cambaytheriidae Explained

Cambaytheriidae[1] [2] is a family of primitive four or five-toed ungulates native to the Indian subcontinent. They lived during the Early Eocene epoch and are distinguished by the presence of bunodont teeth suitable for eating tough vegetation. They are related to, but distinct from, the early perissodactyls, and may also be closely related to the anthracobunids as a sister group to the Perissodactyla.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Bajpai . Sunil . Kapur . Vivesh V . Tiwari . B N . Saravanan . N . Sharma . Ritu . 2005 . Early Eocene land mammals from the Vastan Lignite Mine, District Surat (Gujarat), western India . Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India . 0552-9360.
  2. Bajpai . Sunil . Kapur . Vivesh V. . Thewissen . J. G. M. . Das . Debasis P. . Tiwari . B. N. . 2006 . New early Eocene cambaythere (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Vastan Lignite Mine (Gujarat, India) and an evaluation of cambaythere relationships . Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India . en . 51 . 1 . 101–110 . 0552-9360.
  3. Rose . K.D. . Holbrook . L.T. . etal . 2019 . Anatomy, relationships, and paleobiology of Cambaytherium (Mammalia, Perissodactylamorpha, Anthracobunia) from the Lower Eocene of western India . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 39 . sup1 . 1–147 . 10.1080/02724634.2020.1761370. 2019JVPal..39S...1R .

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