Deccanodon

Name: Deccanodon.
Phonetic: Dec-can-o-don.
Named By: T.‭ ‬T.‭ ‬Nath‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬Yadagiri‭ ‬-‭ ‬2007.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsid,‭ ‬Cynodontia,‭ ‬Chiniquodontidae.
Species: D.‭ ‬maleriensis‭ (‬type‭).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Uncertain.
Known locations:‭ ‬India‭ ‬-‭ ‬Maleri Formation.
Time period: Carnian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Deccanodon is a genus of cynodont that lived in India during the Triassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new mammal-like reptile‭ (‬Cynodontia‭) ‬from Upper Triassic Maleri Formation of Pranhita-Godavari Valley,‭ ‬Andhra Pradesh.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of the Geological Society of India‭ ‬69:57-60.‭ ‬-‭ ‬T.‭ ‬T.‭ ‬Nath‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬Yadagiri‭ ‬-‭ ‬2007.

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