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Deccansaurus palaeoindicus
Taxonomy
Deccansaurus palaeoindicus was named by Yadav et al. (2023). Its type specimen is IITR/VPL/INT-K/2022/ST-07, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kesavi, which is in a Maastrichtian/Paleocene terrestrial mudstone in the Kalisindh Formation of India. It is the type species of Deccansaurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2023 | Deccansaurus palaeoindicus Yadav et al. |
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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.
†Deccansaurus palaeoindicus Yadav et al. 2023
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Paleocene or 70.60000 to 61.70000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Deccansaurus palaeoindicus (type locality: 226992) |