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INDIA

PRANHITA-GODAVARI VALLEY

KOTA FORMATION

LATE PLIENSBACHIAN-TOARCIAN STAGE

UPPER LIAS EPOCH

EARLY JURASSIC

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903

INFRACLASS: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

LEGION: LEPIDOSAUROMORPHA BENTON, 1983

SUBLEGION: LEPIDOSAURIA HAECKEL, 1866 (DUMERIL & BIBRON, 1839)

MAGNORDER: SQUAMATA, OPPEL, 1811

SUPERORDER: LACERTILIA OWEN, 1842

GRANDORDER: SCINCOGEKKONOMORPHA SUKHANOV, 1961

MICRORDER: SCINCOMORPHA CAMP, 1923

ORDER: ANGUIMORPHA FURBRINGER, 1900

SUBORDER: PLATYNOTA GILMORE, 1928

INFRAORDER: HELODERMOIDA COPE, 1900

Family: NECROSAURIDAE Hoffstetter, 1943

*Paikasisaurus indicus

LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946

SUPERCOHORT: AVEMETATARSALIA BENTON, 1999

COHORT: PROLACERTIFORMES CAMP, 1945 NOVA

SUPERORDER: TAPINOPLATIA PETERS, 2000

GRANDORDER: CHARACIOPODA PETERS, 2000

MICRORDER: FENESTRASAURIA PETERS, 2000

ORDER: PTEROSAURIA KAUP, 1834

SUBORDER: RHAMPHORHYNCHOIDEA PLIENINGER, 1901

Family: CAMPYLOGNATHOIDIDAE Kuhn, 1967

Subfamily: CAMPYLOGNATHOIDINAE Kuhn, 1967

*Campylognathoides indicus

CLASS: MAMMALIA LINNAEUS, 1758

SUBCLASS: PROTOTHERIA GILL, 1872

INFRACLASS: HOLOTHERIA (WIBEL, ROUGIER, NOVACEK, MCKENNA & DASHZEVEG, 1995) MCKENNA & BELL, 1997

SUPERLEGION: SYMMETRODONTA (SIMPSON, 1925) McKENNA & BELL, 1997

LEGION: SYMMETRODONTA SIMPSON, 1925

ORDER: AMPHIDONTOIDEA PROTHERO, 1981

Family: AMPHIDONTIDAE Simpson, 1925

Nakunodon paikasiensis

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