Paikasigudodon, Prasad & Manhas, 2002

Prasad, Guntupalli V. R. & Manhas, Brijesh K., 2002, Triconodont mammals from the Jurassic Kota Formation of India, Geodiversitas 24 (2), pp. 445-464 : 453

Genus Paikasigudodon n. gen.

TYPE SPECIES. — Paikasigudodon yadagirii ( Prasad & Manhas, 1997) n. comb., by monotypy.

ETYMOLOGY. — Genus name derived from the village Paikasigudem where the mammal-bearing section is exposed.

DIAGNOSIS. — Upper molar crown bearing a high central cusp with a flat labial face and convex lingual face; cusp B higher than C; presence of a large anterolabial cusp connected to B by a sharp crest; presence of an anterior and a posterior small lingual cingular cuspule; rudimentary lingual cingulum between A and B. Differs from Morganucodon in the presence of a high central cusp A and large anterolabial cusp F; differs from Morganucodon , Jeholodens , Austrotriconodon , and all triconodontids in the non-linear arrangement of cusps; differs from Morganucodon , Megazostrodon , and Gobiconodon in the absence of a well-defined lingual cingulum and the presence of cusp B larger than cusp C; differs from Gobiconodon and Megazostrodon in the presence of asymmetrically placed B and C; differs from Brachyzostrodon Sigogneau-Russell, 1983 in the non-linear arrangement of cusps and non-wrinkled enamel on the crown.