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| Tikiodon | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Clade: | Mammaliamorpha |
| Genus: | †Tikiodon Bhatet al., 2020 |
| Species: | †T. cromptoni |
| Binomial name | |
| †Tikiodon cromptoni Bhatet al., 2020 | |
Tikiodon is an extinct genus ofmammaliamorphs that lived in what is nowIndia during theLate Triassic. Itstype and only species isTikiodon cromptoni, which is known from a single lowerpostcanine tooth discovered at theTiki Formation ofMadhya Pradesh.[1]
The generic nameTikiodon comes from the Tiki Formation, itself named after the nearby village of Tiki, and the Greek wordodon, meaning "tooth". The specific epithetcromptoni is a reference to South African palaeontologistAlfred W. Crompton.[1]
