Pilgrimella
| Pilgrimella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla[1] |
| Family: | †Anthracobunidae |
| Genus: | †Pilgrimella Dehm & Oettingen-Spielberg 1958 |
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Pilgrimella is an extinct early Eocene genus of anthracobunid, a group of stem perissodactyls (formerly classified with proboscideans). It was a ground dwelling grazer with massive bilophodont molars (cusps aligned in two transverse ridges.) Dental remains of this animal have been found in Chorlakki, Punjab province, Pakistan as well as in the Subathu Formation in North-West India.
The genus is considered by some paleontologists as a synonym of Anthracobune.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109232. PMID 25295875.
- Dehm, Richard, von; Oettingen-Spielberg, Therese, zu; Vidal, Helmut; Modell, Hans; Heissig, Kurt (1958). "Palaontologische und geologische Untersuchungen im Tertiar von Pakistan, 2, Die mitteleocanen Saugetiere von Ganda Kas bei Basal in Nordwest-Pakistan". Bayerische Akademie der Wissenshaften, Mathematische-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. Abhandlungen 91: 1–54. OCLC 163296508.
- West, Robert M. (1980). "Middle Eocene large-mammal assemblage with Tethyan affinities, Ganda Kas region, Pakistan". Journal of Paleontology 4: 508–33. OCLC 4899161959.