Cambaytheriidae

Cambaytheriidae
Temporal range: Early Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: †Anthracobunia
Family: †Cambaytheriidae
Bajpai et al., 2005
Genera[1]
  • Cambaytherium Bajpai, Kapur, Das, Tiwari, Saravanan & Sharma, 2005
  • Kalitherium Bajpai, Kapur, Thewissen, Das & Tiwari, 2006

Cambaytheriidae[2][3] 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.[4]

  1. ^ "Cambaytheriidae". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ 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. ISSN 0552-9360.
  3. ^ 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. 51 (1): 101–110. ISSN 0552-9360.
  4. ^ Rose, K.D.; Holbrook, L.T.; et al. (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. Bibcode:2019JVPal..39S...1R. doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1761370.