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DECCANODON
(dec-can-o-don)
Named By: T. T. Nath & P. Yadagiri in 2007
Time Period: Late Triassic
Location: India - Maleri Formation
Size: Uncertain
Diet: Uncertain
Fossil(s): Partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Synapsida | Therapsid | Cynodontia | Chiniquodontidae |
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Deccanodon is an extinct genus of chiniquodont cynodont which existed in India during the Late Triassic. The type species is D. maleriensis, named in 2007. Deccanodon was the first Triassic cynodont named from India and was found in the Maleri Formation in Adilabad district.

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