Kharmerungulatum Temporal range: Late Cretaceous Maastrichtian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Eutheria |
Genus: | †Kharmerungulatum Prasad et al., 2007 |
Species | |
Kharmerungulatum is an extinct genus of herbivorous mammal from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Intertrappean Beds of Madhya Pradesh, India. Its specific epithet honors Leigh Van Valen. It was described as one of the earliest known condylarths.
References
- Prasad, G.V.R.; Verma, O.; Sahni, A.; Parmar, V. & Khosla, A. (2007). "A Cretaceous Hoofed Mammal from India". Science. 318 (9 NOV 2007): 937. Bibcode:2007Sci...318..937P. doi:10.1126/science.1149267. PMID 17991854. S2CID 7184909.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Kharmerungulatum |
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