Chambius
Extinct genus of
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Chambius is an extinct monotypic genus of herodotiine sengi that lived in North Africa during the Eocene epoch.[1]
| Chambius Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Macroscelidea |
| Family: | Macroscelididae |
| Genus: | †Chambius |
| Species: | †C. kasserinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Chambius kasserinensis Hartenberger, 1986 | |
Description
Chambius differs from other members of the subfamily Herodontiinae in having a P1 with a single root, a P2 and P3 with a small paraconid, a P4 with a hypoconulid, small entoconid, and a metaconid positioned distally to the protoconid. Other autapomorphies include a P4 with a small hypocone, an M1 and M2 with postprotocristae and prominent metaconules, and an M2 with a reduced talonid basin.[2]
