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Paikasigudodon yadagirii

Osteichthyes - Morganucodonta - Morganucodontidae

Taxonomy
Kotatherium yadagirii was named by Prasad and Manhas (1997). Its type specimen is VPL/JU/KM/10, a tooth (a right upper molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Paikasigudem village, which is in a Toarcian/Aalenian terrestrial siltstone/sandstone in the Kota Formation of India.

It was recombined as Paikasigudodon yadagirii by Prasad and Manhas (2002), Prasad and Manhas (2002), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Kotatherium yadagirii Prasad and Manhas p. 565 figs. 2-3
2002Paikasigudodon yadagirii Prasad and Manhas
2004Paikasigudodon yadagirii Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 219, 240

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
orderMorganucodontaKermack et al. 1973
familyMorganucodontidae
genusPaikasigudodon
speciesyadagirii()

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.

†Paikasigudodon yadagirii Prasad and Manhas 1997
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. V. R. Prasad and B. K. Manhas 1997Differs from Kotatherium haldanei in having upper molars with relatively less strongly labially tilted paracone; metastyle smaller than metacone; stylocone barely smaller than metacone but larger than metastyle, not as strongly labially deflected as in K. haldanei, and separated from the paracone nearly at the same level as did the metacone; parastyle offset from the paracone - stylocone line; presence of posterolingum accessory cuspule and accessory cuspules on the labial cingulum; near transverse arrangement of metacone, metastyle, and posterolingual accessory cuspule.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2011-04-24 23:35:11
Modified: 2011-04-24 08:35:11
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Aalenian or 184.20000 to 170.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian - Aalenian184.2 - 170.9India (Andhra Pradesh) Kotatherium yadagirii (type locality: 39673)