Gondtherium
| Gondtherium Temporal range:Middle Jurassic-Early Cretaceous
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Clade: | Mammaliaformes |
| Genus: | †Gondtherium Prasad and Manhas, 2007[1] |
| Species: | †G. dattai
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| Binomial name | |
| †Gondtherium dattai Prasad and Manhas, 2007[1]
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Gondtheriumis a genus of extinctmammaliaformfrom theKota Formationin India. It was considered adocodontanby those who described it, but it remains unclear if this is the case.
Gondtheriumwas found in the Kota Formation, which is considered to be betweenMiddle JurassicandEarly Cretaceousin age.[1]Other Mesozoic mammaliaforms found there include members ofMorganucodontaandAmphilestidae.The authors who describedGondtherium- which is known from only a single worn and fragmentary molar tooth - considered it to be a docodontan based on the tooth cusps.[1]However, this has been disputed by several subsequent researchers, and so the exact identity ofGondtheriumremains unresolved.[2]
References
[edit]- ^abcdPrasad GVR, and Manhas BK. 2007.A new docodont mammal from the Jurassic Kota Formation of India.[dead link]Palaeontologia electronica, 10.2: 1-11
- ^Kielan-Jaworowska Z, Cifelli RL, and Luo, Z-X. 2004. Mammals from the age of dinosaurs: origins evolution and structure. Columbia University Press, New York, NY, 630 pp
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