Ishatherium Explained

Ishatherium is an extinct genus of ungulate from the early Eocene of the Subathu formation in northwestern India.

It is only known from a partial upper molar and was formerly classified as a sirenian. It was placed in Anthracobunidae in 1983^[1] but this placement was rejected in a 2014 cladistic analysis.^[2]

References

• Sahni . A. . Kumar . K. . 1980 . Lower Eocene Sirenia, Ishatherium subathuensis, gen. et sp. nov. from the type area, Subathu Formation, Subathu, Simla Himalayas, H.P . Journal of the Paleontological Society of India . 23 . 132–135 .

Notes and References

1. N.A. Wells and P.D. Gingerich. 1983. Review of Eocene Anthracobunidae (Mammalia, Proboscidea) with a new genus and species, Jozaria palustris, from the Kuldana Formation of Kohat (Pakistan). Contrib. Mus. Pal. Univ. Michigan 26(7): 117–139.
2. 10.1371/journal.pone.0109232. 25295875. Anthracobunids from the Middle Eocene of India and Pakistan Are Stem Perissodactyls. PLOS ONE. 9. 10. e109232. 2014-10-08. Cooper . L. N. . Seiffert . E. R. . Clementz . M. . Madar . S. I. . Bajpai . S. . Hussain . S. T. . Thewissen . J. G. M.. 4189980. free. 2014PLoSO...9j9232C.