Indorana

Indorana is an extinct genus of lissamphibians which existed in what is now India during the Early Eocene. The type and only known species is Indorana prasadi.[1]

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Indorana

Folie & Rana et al., 2012
Binomial name
Indorana prasadi
Folie & Rana et al., 2012

The genus name comes from Latin Indo- ("India") and rana ("frog), while the species is named in honor of the Indian paleontologist Guntupalli V.R. Prasad.[1]

References

  1. Annelise Folie; Rajendra S. Rana; Kenneth D. Rose; Ashok Sahni; Kishor Kumar; Lachham Singh; Thierry Smith (2012). "Early Eocene frogs from Vastan Lignite Mine, Gujarat, India". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 58 (3): 511–524. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0063.


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