Deccanodon Temporal range: Late Triassic |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Synapsida |
Order: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | Cynodontia |
Family: | Chiniquodontidae |
Genus: | Deccanodon Nath and Yadagiri, 2007 |
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Deccanodon is an extinct genus of chiniquodont cynodont which existed in India during the Late Triassic. The type species is D. maleriensis, named in 2007.[1] Deccanodon was the first Triassic cynodont named from India and was found in the Maleri Formation in Adilabad district.
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