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Deccanolestes narmadensis
Taxonomy
Deccanolestes narmadensis was named by Prasad et al. (2010). Its type specimen is VPL/JU/IM/8, a tooth (Rm1 or Rm2)), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kisalpuri, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial siltstone in India.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Deccanolestes narmadensis Prasad et al. p. 65 figs. Fig. 2-3 |
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†Deccanolestes narmadensis Prasad et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. V. R. Prasad et al. 2010 | Differs from D. hislopi, D. robustus and Deccanolestes sp. (ITV/R/Mm-9) in the following traits: anteriorly projecting and lingually placed, large individualized paraconid placed in line with the metaconid rather than crest-like as in D.hislopi; trigonid cusps forming an open triangle; paraconid, metaconid and entoconid in line with each other; talonid as wide as and slightly shorter than or as long as the trigonid; and in presence of a post- metacristid. |
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maastrichtian | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Deccanolestes narmadensis (type locality: 75493) |