Rewaconodon indicus New Species

Researchers from the IIT Kharagpur, used scanning electron microscopy to find out about about 10 tooth samples gathered from Shahdol District, Madhya Pradesh.

The results confirmed that they had observed a new species, and they named it Rewaconodon indicus, indicating India, the united states it used to be discovered from.

The crew additionally identified two new genera from the area.

The first used to be named Inditherium floris, after India and the Latin word therium that means beast.

As the teeth has a flower-shaped crown, it earned the species title floris.

The 2nd was named Tikiodon cromptoni, after Tiki Formation and Greek phrase odon which means tooth.

The species title is after paleontologist A.W. Crompton.

The Tiki Formation is a Late Triassic (Carnian to Norian) geologic formation in Madhya Pradesh.

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