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 | |
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.