Nakusia shahrigensis Ginsburg et al. 1999 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Full reference: L. Ginsburg, K. H. Durrani, A. M. Kassi and J.-L. Welcomme. 1999. Discovery of a New Anthracobunidae (Tethytheria, Mammalia) from the Lower Eocene lignite of the Kach-Harnai Area in Baluchistan (Pakistan). Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences Series IIA Earth and Planetary Science 328(3):209-213

Belongs to Nakusia according to K. D. Rose et al. 2020

See also Cooper et al. 2014 and Ginsburg et al. 1999

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Between Shahrig and Nakus, which is in a Ypresian marine shale in the Ghazij Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution: found only at Between Shahrig and Nakus

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