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Hyperodapedon tikiensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Hyperodapedon tikiensis was named by Mukherjee and Ray (2015). Its type specimen is ITKGPR36, a maxilla (complete left maxillary tooth plate), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is rhynchosaur bonebed, Tiki village, which is in a Carnian dry floodplain mudstone in the Tiki Formation of India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Hyperodapedon tikiensis Mukherjee and Ray

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—Rhynchosauria()
—Rhynchosauridae()
—Hyperodapedontinae(Chatterjee 1969)
genusHyperodapedonHuxley 1859
speciestikiensis

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.

†Hyperodapedon tikiensis Mukherjee and Ray 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreg
Created: 2009-01-03 21:14:34
Modified: 2009-01-03 23:14:34
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Hyperodapedon tikiensis (type locality: 174029)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5India (Madhya Pradesh) Hyperodapedon tikiensis (218155)