Biology:Kharmerungulatum

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Short description: Extinct family of mammals

Kharmerungulatum
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous Maastrichtian
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Eutheria
Genus: Kharmerungulatum
Prasad et al., 2007
Species
  • K. vanvaleni Prasad et al., 2007 (type)

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.[1]

References

  1. 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. doi:10.1126/science.1149267. PMID 17991854. Bibcode2007Sci...318..937P. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6400727 entry