Suratagama
Suratagama Temporal range: Ypresian
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Agamidae |
Genus: | †Suratagama Rana et al., 2013 |
Type species | |
†Suratagama neeraae Rana et al., 2013
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Suratagama is an extinct genus of agamid lizard known from the type species Suratagama neeraae from the early Eocene of India. It was named in 2013 on the basis of three isolated jaw bones from the in Gujarat.[1]
References[]
- ^ Rana, R.S.; Augé, M.; Folie, A.; Rose, K.D.; Kumar, K.; Singh, L.; Sahni, A.; Smith, T. (2013). "High diversity of acrodontan lizards in the Early Eocene Vastan Lignite Mine of India". Geologica Belgica. 16 (4): 290–301.
Categories:
- Eocene lizards
- Ypresian life
- Eocene reptiles of Asia
- Paleogene India
- Fossils of India
- Fossil taxa described in 2013
- Prehistoric lizard stubs