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Deccanolestes narmadensis

Mammalia - Adapisoriculidae

Taxonomy
Deccanolestes narmadensis was named by Prasad et al. (2010). Its type specimen is VPL/JU/IM/8, a tooth (Rm1 or Rm2)), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kisalpuri, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial siltstone in India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Deccanolestes narmadensis Prasad et al. p. 65 figs. Fig. 2-3

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
familyAdapisoriculidaeVan Valen 1967
genusDeccanolestesPrasad and Sahni 1988
speciesnarmadensis

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Deccanolestes narmadensis Prasad et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. V. R. Prasad et al. 2010Differs from D. hislopi, D. robustus and Deccanolestes sp. (ITV/R/Mm-9) in the following traits: anteriorly projecting and lingually placed, large individualized paraconid placed in line with the metaconid rather than crest-like as in D.hislopi; trigonid cusps forming an open triangle; paraconid, metaconid and entoconid in line with each other; talonid as wide as and slightly shorter than or as long as the trigonid; and in presence of a post- metacristid.