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Dyskritodon indicus

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta

Taxonomy
Dyskritodon indicus was named by Prasad and Manhas (2002). Its type specimen is VPL/JU/KM/13, a tooth (a 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Dyskritodon indicus Prasad and Manhas p. 448 figs. 2A-E, 3A-E
2004Dyskritodon indicus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 219, 234-235

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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
classMammalia
orderEutriconodontaKermack et al. 1973
genusDyskritodon
speciesindicus

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.

†Dyskritodon indicus Prasad and Manhas 2002
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. V. R. Prasad and B. K. Manhas 2002Dyskritodon indicus n. sp. differs from the type species D. amazighi Sigogneau-Russell, 1995 in its smaller size (length of lower molar = 1.24 mm, maximum width = 0.46 mm), in having cusp b hardly lingual to a-c line; almost equally developed cusps e and f enclosing a relatively broader anterior notch.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Luo et al. 2003, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Aalenian or 182.70000 to 170.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian - Aalenian182.7 - 170.3India (Andhra Pradesh) Dyskritodon indicus (type locality: 39673)