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Khirtharia inflatus
Taxonomy
Bunodentus inflatus was named by Ranga Rao (1972). Its type specimen is ONG/K/9, a mandible (right mandible with p3-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sindkhatudi Bone Bed, which is in a Lutetian lagoonal mudstone/siltstone in India.
It was synonymized subjectively with Khirtharia dayi by West (1980); it was recombined as Khirtharia inflata by Thewissen et al. (2001); it was recombined as Khirtharia inflatus by Kumar and Sahni (1985) and Theodor et al. (2007).
It was synonymized subjectively with Khirtharia dayi by West (1980); it was recombined as Khirtharia inflata by Thewissen et al. (2001); it was recombined as Khirtharia inflatus by Kumar and Sahni (1985) and Theodor et al. (2007).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1972 | Bunodentus inflatus Ranga Rao |
1985 | Khirtharia inflatus Kumar and Sahni p. 159 |
2001 | Khirtharia inflata Thewissen et al. p. 356 |
2007 | Khirtharia inflatus Theodor et al. p. 55 |
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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.
†Khirtharia inflatus Ranga Rao 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Lutetian or 55.80000 to 41.30000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Ypresian | India (Jammu and Kashmir) | Khirtharia inflatus (45588) | |
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Bunodentus inflatus (31160) | |
Lutetian | India (Jammu and Kashmir) | Bunodentus inflatus (type locality: 77524) |