3D models related to the publication: A new, tiny dichobunoid artiodactyl from the Eocene of India revisits the lower body size limit in artiodactyls

Romain Weppe , Charles Leriche, Mohd Waqas , Rajendra Rana , Ashok Sahni and Thierry Smith

This 3D dataset contains the 3D models of the fossil specimens of Lilliputia gujjarorum, a new tiny dichobunoid artiodactyl from the early middle Eocene of northwestern India. The material includes the holotype, GU/RJ/003 (Rajouri Collection, H.N.B. Garhwal University), consisting of an associated left mandible fragment preserving the distal part of p4 and m1–3 (GU/RJ/003a) and a left maxillary fragment preserving P4 and M1–3 (GU/RJ/003b), as well as the referred specimen GU/RJ/005, a right mandible fragment preserving m1–2. The exceptionally small body size of Lilliputia, among the smallest known in Artiodactyla, together with its mosaic of primitive and derived dental characters, provides new insights into the early evolution, palaeobiogeography, and ecological diversification of artiodactyls during the Eocene. 

Lilliputia gujjarorum GU/RJ/003a View specimen

M3#1949 left mandible fragment preserving the distal part of p4 and m1–3 Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1949   state:in_press

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Lilliputia gujjarorum GU/RJ/003b View specimen

M3#1950 left maxillary fragment preserving P4 and M1–3 Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1950   state:in_press

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Lilliputia gujjarorum GU/RJ/005 View specimen

M3#1951 right mandible fragment preserving m1–2 Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1951   state:in_press

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