Digital restoration of the snout of Khirtharia inflata (Raoellidae,  Artiodactyla) from the middle Eocene of northwest Himalaya

Maëva J. Orliac , Mohd Waqas , Rajendra Rana and Thierry Smith

In this work, we digitally restore the snout of the raoellide Khirtharia inflata from the Kalakot area (Rajouri District, Jammu & Kashmir, India). Raoellids are small, semiaquatic ungulates closely related to cetaceans. The specimen is fairly complete and preserves left and right maxillaries, left premaxillary, and part of the anterior and jugal dentition. The digital restoration of this quite complete but deformed specimen of Khirtharia inflata is a welcome addition to the data available for raoellids and will be used to further the understanding of the origins of cetaceans.
  

Khirtharia inflata GU/RJ/157 View specimen

	M3#1454 deformed partial skull Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1454   state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#1455 reconstruction of half snout Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1455   state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#1456 reconstruction of complete snout Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1456   state:published	Download 3D surface file