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Trishulotherium kotaensis

Mammalia - Symmetrodonta

Taxonomy
Trishulotherium kotaensis was named by Yadagiri (1984). Its type specimen is GSI Type No. SR/PAL/10, a tooth (worn 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 Trishulotherium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Trishulotherium kotaensis Yadagiri
1997Trishulotherium kotaensis Prasad and Manhas p. 568
2004Trishulotherium kotaensis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 345, 358

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderSymmetrodontaSimpson 1925
genusTrishulotherium
specieskotaensis

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.

†Trishulotherium kotaensis Yadagiri 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988

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) Trishulotherium kotaensis (type locality: 39673)