Ishatherium

Taxobox
name = "Ishatherium"
status = fossil
fossil_range = early Eocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Proboscidea
familia = Anthracobunidae
genus = "Ishatherium"
genus_authority = Sahmi and Kumar, 1980
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "I. subathuensis" Sahmi and Kumar, 1980

"Ishatherium" is an extinct genus of early proboscidean from the early Eocene of the Subathu formation in Northwestern India.

It is only known from a partial upper molar and was formerly classified as a sirenian.

References

* N.A. Wells and P.D. Gingerich. 1983. Review of Eocene Anthracobunidae (Mammalia, Proboscidea) with a new genus and species, "Jozaria palustris", from the Kuldana Formation of Kohat (Pakistan). Contrib. Mus. Pal. Univ. Michigan 26(7): 117-139.
* A. Sahni and K. Kumar. 1980. Lower Eocene Sirenia, "Ishatherium subathuensis", gen. et sp. nov. from the type area, Subathu Formation, Subathu, Simla Himalayas, H.P. Journal of the Paleontological Society of India, 23: 132-135.