Dyskritodon Sigogneau-Russell, 1995

Prasad, Guntupalli V. R. & Manhas, Brijesh K., 2002, Triconodont mammals from the Jurassic Kota Formation of India, Geodiversitas 24 (2), pp. 445-464 : 448

Genus Dyskritodon Sigogneau-Russell, 1995

TYPE SPECIES. — Dyskritodon amazighi Sigogneau- Russell, 1995.

EMENDED GENERIC DIAGNOSIS. — Lower molars with high and narrow crown and a cusp formula of a> c> d> b; cusps a, c, d decreasing regularly in height posteriorly; the posterior crests of a and c are slightly longer than the anterior ones; cusps a and c with swollen labial bases; b as a small cusp; differs from all known triconodonts in the cusp formula; differs from all triconodonts except Gobiconodon Trofimov, 1978 and Dinnetherium Jenkins, Crompton & Downs, 1983 in the presence of anterior notch between e and f; differs from all triconodonts with the exception of Morganucodon Kühne, 1949 in having a very small cusp b.

EMENDED SPECIFIC DIAGNOSIS. — Last lower molar with hardly visible cusp e; b very small, cingular, and lingual to a in position.