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Deccanodon maleriensis

Osteichthyes - Chiniquodontidae

Taxonomy
Deccanodon maleriensis was named by Nath and Yadagiri (2007). Its type specimen is 22/SR/PAL, a tooth (Postcanine tooth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 1 km NNW of Lakshmipuram, which is in a Carnian/Norian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Maleri Formation of India. It is the type species of Deccanodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Deccanodon maleriensis Nath and Yadagiri p. 58 fig. 2

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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()
—Epicynodontia
infraorderEucynodontia
—Probainognathia
familyChiniquodontidaeHuene 1936
genusDeccanodon
speciesmaleriensis

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.

†Deccanodon maleriensis Nath and Yadagiri 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7India (Andhra Pradesh) Deccanodon maleriensis (type locality: 174080)