''Inditherium'' is an extinct genus of

dromatheriid Dromatheriidae is an extinct family of prozostrodontian cynodonts, closely related to mammals. Members of the family are known from the Late Triassic (Carnian to Rhaetian) of India, Europe and North America. Apart from a few jaw fragments, dromat ...

cynodont The cynodonts () (clade Cynodontia) are a clade of eutheriodont therapsids that first appeared in the Late Permian (approximately 260 mya), and extensively diversified after the Permian–Triassic extinction event. Cynodonts had a wide variety ...

s that lived in what is now

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

during the

Late Triassic The Late Triassic is the third and final epoch (geology), epoch of the Triassic geologic time scale, Period in the geologic time scale, spanning the time between annum, Ma and Ma (million years ago). It is preceded by the Middle Triassic Epoch ...

. Its type and only species is ''Inditherium floris'', which is known from three postcanine teeth discovered at the

Tiki Formation The Tiki Formation is a Late Triassic (Carnian to Norian) geologic formation in Madhya Pradesh, northern India.Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

Etymology

The generic name ''Inditherium'' is derived from the country of India and the Greek word , meaning "beast". The specific epithet ''floris'' is a reference to the flower-shaped crowns of its postcanine teeth.

References

Prehistoric prozostrodonts Prehistoric cynodont genera Late Triassic synapsids Triassic synapsids of Asia Triassic India Fossils of India Fossil taxa described in 2020 {{Paleo-therapsid-stub