Inditherium

 ( Dromatheriidae ) 

Inditherium is an extinct genus of dromatheriid that lived in what is now India during the Late Triassic. Its Type species and only species is Inditherium floris, which is known from three postcanine teeth discovered at the Tiki Formation of Madhya Pradesh.

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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.

Categories: Dromatheriidae, Late Triassic Synapsids Of Asia, Triassic India, Fossils Of India, Fossil Taxa Described In 2020

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