Rajouria

Rajouria
Temporal range: Early Lutetian,
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Whippomorpha
Family: Raoellidae
Genus: Rajouria
Rana et al., 2021
Species:
R. gunnelli
Binomial name
Rajouria gunnelli
Rana et al., 2021

Rajouria, named after the Rajouri district in the Indian province of Jammu and Kashmir, is an extinct raoellid artiodactyl from the middle-upper Eocene (early Lutetian). There is only a single species of Rajouria, Rajouria gunnelli, which is named after Dr. Greg Gunnell. Rajouria is known from relatively little remains, with only mandibular and maxillary fragments with their respective teeth being preserved.