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Kankatodus cappettai

Tetraodontiformes - Eotrigonodontidae

Taxonomy
Kankatodus cappettai was named by Kumar and Loyal (1987). Its type specimen is VPL/k 894, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Muddy Boots Locality, which is in a Ypresian marine limestone in the Subathu Formation of India. It is the type species of Kankatodus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Kankatodus cappettai Kumar and Loyal p. 73 figs. Plate II, 22-27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderBalistoidei
familyEotrigonodontidaeWhite 1935
genusKankatodus
speciescappettai

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Kankatodus cappettai Kumar and Loyal 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:45:45
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:45:45
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Himachal Pradesh) Kankatodus cappettai (type locality: 31267)