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Ishatherium
Temporal range: early Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Family: †Anthracobunidae
Genus: †Ishatherium
Sahmi and Kumar, 1980
Species
  • I. subathuensis Sahmi and Kumar, 1980

Ishatherium is an extinct genus of ungulate from the early Eocene of the Subathu formation in northwestern India.

It is only known from a partial upper molar and was formerly classified as a sirenian. It was placed in Anthracobunidae in 1983 but this placement was rejected in a 2014 cladistic analysis.

References

  1. N.A. Wells and P.D. Gingerich. 1983. Review of Eocene Anthracobunidae (Mammalia, Proboscidea) with a new genus and species, Jozaria palustris, from the Kuldana Formation of Kohat (Pakistan). Contrib. Mus. Pal. Univ. Michigan 26(7): 117–139.
  2. Cooper, L. N.; Seiffert, E. R.; Clementz, M.; Madar, S. I.; Bajpai, S.; Hussain, S. T.; Thewissen, J. G. M. (2014-10-08). "Anthracobunids from the Middle Eocene of India and Pakistan Are Stem Perissodactyls". PLOS ONE. 9 (10): e109232. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j9232C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109232. PMC 4189980. PMID 25295875.
  • Sahni, A.; Kumar, K. (1980). "Lower Eocene Sirenia, Ishatherium subathuensis, gen. et sp. nov. from the type area, Subathu Formation, Subathu, Simla Himalayas, H.P". Journal of the Paleontological Society of India. 23: 132–135.
Taxon identifiers
Ishatherium
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