Nakunodon paikasiensis Yadagiri 1985 (symmetrodont)

Mammalia - Symmetrodonta - Amphidontidae

Full reference: P. Yadagiri. 1985. An amphidontid symmetrodont from the Early Jurassic Kota Formation, India. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 85:411-417

Belongs to Nakunodon according to P. Yadagiri 1985

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004 and Prasad and Manhas 1997

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: G.S.I. Type No. SR/PAL/12, a tooth (right upper molar fragment). Its type locality is Paikasigudem village, which is in a Toarcian/Aalenian terrestrial siltstone/sandstone in the Kota Formation of India.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Paikasigudem village

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