Khirtharia inflatus Ranga Rao 1972

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Raoellidae

Alternative combinations: Bunodentus inflatus, Khirtharia inflata

Full reference: A. Ranga Rao. 1972. New mammalian genera and species from the Kalakot zone of Himalayan foot hills, Jammu & Kashmir State, India. Special Paper - India, Oil and Natural Gas Commission, Directorate of Geology 1(1):1-19

Belongs to Khirtharia according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007

See also Kumar and Sahni 1985, Thewissen et al. 2001 and West 1980

Sister taxa: Khirtharia aurea, Khirtharia dayi

Type specimen: ONG/K/9, a mandible (right mandible with p3-m3). Its type locality is Sindkhatudi Bone Bed, which is in a Lutetian lagoonal mudstone/siltstone in India.

Distribution:

• Eocene of India (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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