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Kalakotia simplicidentata

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Taxonomy
Kalakotia simplicidentata was named by Ranga Rao (1972). Its type specimen is ONG/K/10, a maxilla (right mandible with p3-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sindkhatudi Bone Bed, which is in a Lutetian lagoonal mudstone/siltstone in India.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Kalakotia simplicidentata Ranga Rao p. 10 figs. Plate 2, Figs 1a-d, 2a-c, 3a-b; Plate 3, fig. 1a-c
1973Schlosseria radinskyi Sahni and Khare
1973Chasmotherium mckennai Sahni and Khare p. 39 figs. Plate 3, Figs. 1&2; Fig. 8
1987Kalakotia simplicidentata Thewissen et al. p. 266

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
genusKalakotia
speciessimplicidentata

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.

†Kalakotia simplicidentata Ranga Rao 1972
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Invalid names: Chasmotherium mckennai Sahni and Khare 1973 [synonym], Schlosseria radinskyi Sahni and Khare 1973 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: browsersubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:02:20
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:02:20
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Colbert and Schoch 1998, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Jammu and Kashmir) Kalakotia simplicidentata (type locality: 77524)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Jammu and Kasmir) Chasmotherium mckennai, Schlosseria radinskyi (93700)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Pakistan (Kotli District) Kalakotia simplicidentata (180653)