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Tikitherium copei
Taxonomy
Tikitherium copei was named by Datta (2005). Its type specimen is Pal./CHQ-009, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 4 km southwest of Tiki Village 2, which is in a Carnian fissure fill horizon in the Tiki Formation of India. It is the type species of Tikitherium.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2005 | Tikitherium copei Datta p. 202 figs. 3-5 |
| 2024 | Tikitherium copei Averianov and Voyta p. 1 |
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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.
†Tikitherium copei Datta 2005
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| P. M. Datta 2005 | Upper molar of holotherian mammal lengthened anteroposteriorly and widened lingually with expansion of basal surface of principal buccal cusp (A); low pointed cusp (C) in posterobuccal corner located slightly lingually relative to principal buccal cusp; very small cusp (B) in anterobuccal corner appearing to be placed buccally relative to principal cusp; buccal molar cusps arranged in obtuse triangle in occlusal view with angle ( |
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003 | |||||