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Indohyus major

Osteichthyes - Raoellidae

Taxonomy
Indohyus major was named by Thewissen et al. (1987). Its type specimen is GSP-UM 1435 (Isolated Left trigonid), a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chorlakki, which is in a Lutetian fluvial conglomerate in the Kuldana Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Khirtharia major by Orliac and Ducrocq (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
I. indriae
Entered
by W. Clyde on 2005-08-31; modified by M. Uhen on 2022-03-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Indohyus major Thewissen et al. pp. 263-266 figs. 6F-H
2007Indohyus major Theodor et al. p. 55
2012Khirtharia major Orliac and Ducrocq p. 81
2020Indohyus major Thewissen et al. p. 344

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyDichobunoideaGill 1872
familyRaoellidae
genusIndohyus
speciesmajor

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.

†Indohyus major Thewissen et al. 1987
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. G. M. Thewissen et al. 1987About twice as large as Indohyus indirae (see Table 3).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreg
Diet 2: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-22 22:55:11
Modified: 2011-04-22 07:55:11
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Spaulding et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Indohyus major (type locality: 28978)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71China (Jiangsu) Khirtharia major (122719) Suoidea indet. (37493)