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Deccanodon

genus of mammals (fossil)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 28, 2024
Entity authorityQ5248867 ↗
Source-derived summary

Deccanodon is an extinct genus of dromatheriid cynodonts which existed in India during the Late Triassic. The type species is D. maleriensis, named in 2007. Deccanodon was one of the first Triassic cynodonts named from India and was found in the Maleri Formation in Adilabad district.

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The public source identifies “Deccanodon” as genus of mammals (fossil). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Deccanodon, genus and mammals.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2007—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Deccanodon, genus and mammals providing the first useful test.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 28, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q5248867. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2007.

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This entry incorporates text from “Deccanodon” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.