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Kharmerungulatum

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Kharmerungulatum
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous Maastrichtian
Scientific classification Edit this 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.[1]

References

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  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. Bibcode:2007Sci...318..937P. doi:10.1126/science.1149267. PMID 17991854. S2CID 7184909.