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Indotherium pranhitai

Morganucodonta - Morganucodontidae

Taxonomy
Indotherium pranhitai was named by Yadagiri (1984). Its type specimen is GSI Type No. SR/PAL/11 (= VPL/JU/KM/11), a tooth (left lower 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 is the type species of Indotherium.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Indotherium pranhitai Yadagiri
1997Indotherium pranhitai Prasad and Manhas p. 568
2001Indozostrodon simpsoni Datta and Das p. 529 figs. Figs. 3 A-E; 4 A-E
2004Indotherium pranhitai Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 165, 178
2004Indozostrodon simpsoni Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 165, 182

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

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.

†Indotherium pranhitai Yadagiri 1984
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Invalid names: Indozostrodon simpsoni Datta and Das 2001 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available