Chambius is an extinct monotypic genus of herodotiine sengi that lived in North Africa during the Eocene epoch.
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.
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