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Nakunodon paikasiensis

Mammalia - Symmetrodonta - Amphidontidae

Taxonomy
Nakunodon paikasiensis was named by Yadagiri (1985). Its type specimen is G.S.I. Type No. SR/PAL/12, a tooth (right upper molar fragment), 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 is the type species of Nakunodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Nakunodon paikasiensis Yadagiri p. 415 figs. 1-2
1997Nakunodon paikasiensis Prasad and Manhas p. 568
2004Nakunodon paikasiensis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 345, 359

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderSymmetrodontaSimpson 1925
familyAmphidontidae
genusNakunodon
speciespaikasiensis

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.

†Nakunodon paikasiensis Yadagiri 1985
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Yadagiri 1985A symmetrodont upper molar with a small metastyle and stylocone; paracone makes monocuspid surface; heavy cingulum around the crown; roots robust but short.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973

Age range: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Aalenian or 182.70000 to 170.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian - Aalenian182.7 - 170.3India (Andhra Pradesh) Nakunodon paikasiensis (type locality: 39673)