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Inditherium Temporal range: Late Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Family: | †Dromatheriidae |
Genus: | †Inditherium Bhat et al., 2020 |
Species: | †I. floris |
Binomial name | |
†Inditherium floris Bhat et al., 2020 |
Inditherium is an extinct genus of dromatheriid cynodonts that lived in what is now India during the Late Triassic. Its type and only species is Inditherium floris, which is known from three postcanine teeth discovered at the Tiki Formation of Madhya Pradesh.
Etymology
The generic name Inditherium is derived from the country of India and the Greek word therion, meaning "beast". The specific epithet floris is a reference to the flower-shaped crowns of its postcanine teeth.
References
- ^ Bhat, M. S.; Ray, S.; Datta, P. M. (2020). "New cynodonts (Therapsida, Eucynodontia) from the Late Triassic of India and their significances". Journal of Paleontology: 1–18. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.95.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Inditherium |
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