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Khirtharia inflatus
Taxonomy
Bunodentus inflatus was named by Ranga Rao (1972). Its type specimen is ONG/K/9, a mandible (right mandible with p3-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sindkhatudi Bone Bed, which is in a Lutetian lagoonal mudstone/siltstone in India.
It was synonymized subjectively with Khirtharia dayi by West (1980); it was recombined as Khirtharia inflata by Thewissen et al. (2001); it was recombined as Khirtharia inflatus by Kumar and Sahni (1985) and Theodor et al. (2007).
It was synonymized subjectively with Khirtharia dayi by West (1980); it was recombined as Khirtharia inflata by Thewissen et al. (2001); it was recombined as Khirtharia inflatus by Kumar and Sahni (1985) and Theodor et al. (2007).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1972 | Bunodentus inflatus Ranga Rao |
1985 | Khirtharia inflatus Kumar and Sahni p. 159 |
2001 | Khirtharia inflata Thewissen et al. p. 356 |
2007 | Khirtharia inflatus Theodor et al. p. 55 |
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†Khirtharia inflatus Ranga Rao 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available