Inditherium

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Inditherium
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade:
Therapsida
Clade:
Cynodontia
Family: Dromatheriidae
Genus: Inditherium
Bhat et al., 2020
Species:
I. floris
Binomial name
Inditherium floris
Bhat et al., 2020

Inditherium is an extinct genus of

postcanine teeth discovered at the Tiki Formation of Madhya Pradesh.[1]

Etymology

The generic name Inditherium is derived from the country of India and the Greek word therion, meaning "beast". The specific epithet floris is a reference to the flower-shaped crowns of its postcanine teeth.[1]

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