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Vishnuictis plectilodous
Taxonomy
Vishnuictis plectilodous was named by Sankhyan et al. (2025). Its type specimen is HTA-68, a tooth (complete right m1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dholkhana, which is in a Tortonian/Messinian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Nahan Sandstone Formation of India.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2025 | Vishnuictis plectilodous Sankhyan et al. p. 14 figs. Fig. 5a–c |
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†Vishnuictis plectilodous Sankhyan et al. 2025
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. R. Sankhyan et al. 2025 | Vishnuictis of large size; m1 with tall cuspids on the trigonid; protoconid largest cuspid; inconspicuous paracristid between para- and protoconids; metaconid large,
nearly as tall as the paraconid; distinct cuspids on the distal portion of the talonid; ento- and hypoconid are largest posterior cuspids, but postentoconulid and hypoconulid, while smaller, are distinct cuspids as well. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tortonian - Messinian | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Vishnuictis plectilodous (type locality: 240946) |