Cambaytherium gracilis Smith et al. 2016 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Full reference: T. Smith, K. Kumar, R. S. Rana, A. Folie, F. Solé, C. Noiret, T. Steeman, A. Sahni, and K. D. Rose. 2016. New early Eocene vertebrate assemblage from western India reveals a mixed fauna of European and Gondwana affinities. Geoscience Frontiers 7(6):969-1001

Belongs to Cambaytherium according to T. Smith et al. 2016

See also Rose et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Cambaytherium marinus, Cambaytherium thewissi

Type specimen: GU/RSR/TAD 9001, a mandible. Its type locality is Tadkeshwar Lignite Mine (TAD-2), which is in a Ypresian fluvial sandstone in the Cambay Shale Formation of India.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution:

• Eocene of India (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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