Anthracobune pinfoldi Pilgrim 1940 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Anthracobunidae

Synonym: Pilgrimella pilgrimi Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg 1958

Full reference: G.E. Pilgrim. 1940. Middle Eocene Mammals from North-west India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Series B 110:127-152

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

See also Cooper et al. 2014, Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg 1958, Pilgrim 1940, Shoshani and Tassy 1996 and West 1980

Sister taxa: Anthracobune aijiensis, Anthracobune daviesi, Anthracobune wardi

Type specimens:

  • Anthracobune pinfoldi: British Museum M15792, a mandible (left m2-3 and right m3). Its type locality is Lammidhan, which is in a Lutetian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Kuldana Formation of Pakistan.
  • Pilgrimella pilgrimi: IPHG 1956 II 20, a set of teeth.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution:

• Eocene of India (1 collection), Pakistan (8)

Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences

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