Inditherium

Name: Inditherium ‭(‬India beast‭)‬.
Phonetic: In-de-fee-re-um.
Named By: M.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Bhat,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Ray‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Datta‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Cynodontia,‭ ‬Dromatheriidae.
Species: I.‭ ‬floris‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unavailable due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: India,‭ ‬Madhya Pradesh‭ ‬-‭ ‬Tiki Formation.
Time period: Late Triassic.
Fossil representation: Three post canine teeth.

       Inditherium is a genus of cynodont that lived in India during the Triassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬New cynodonts‭ (‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Eucynodontia‭) ‬from the Late Triassic of India and their significances.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Paleontology:‭ ‬1‭–‬18.‭ ‬-‭ ‬M.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Bhat,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Ray‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Datta‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

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