†Indotherium pranhitai Yadagiri 1984 (mammaliaform)

Osteichthyes - Morganucodonta - Morganucodontidae

Synonym: Indozostrodon simpsoni Datta and Das 2001

Full reference: P. Yadagiri. 1984. New smmetrodonts from Kota Formation (Early Jurassic), India. Journal of the Geological Society of India 25(8):514-521

Belongs to Indotherium according to P. Yadagiri 1984

See also Datta and Das 2001, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004 and Prasad and Manhas 1997

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Indotherium pranhitai: GSI Type No. SR/PAL/11 (= VPL/JU/KM/11), a tooth (left lower molar). Its type locality is Paikasigudem village, which is in a Toarcian/Aalenian terrestrial siltstone/sandstone in the Kota Formation of India.
  • Indozostrodon simpsoni: GSI Type No. 20795, a tooth (right upper molar). Its type locality is 5 km west of Yamanapalli, which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/limestone in the Kota Formation of India.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of India (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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