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Deccanodon 
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.[1] Deccanodon was one of the first Triassic cynodonts named from India and was found in the Maleri Formation in Adilabad district.
| Deccanodon Temporal range: Late Triassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | †Dromatheriidae |
| Genus: | †Deccanodon Nath and Yadagiri, 2007 |
| Species: | †D. maleriensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Deccanodon maleriensis Nath and Yadagiri, 2007
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References edit
- ^ Nath, T.T.; Yadagiri, P.Y. (2007). "A new mammal-like reptile (Cynodontia) from the Upper Triassic Maleri Formation of Pranhita-Godavari Valley, Andhra Pradesh". Journal of the Geological Society of India. 69: 57–60.