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]

Indorana
Temporal range: Ypresian
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Folie & Rana et al., 2012
Binomial name
Indorana prasadi
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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, and Thierry Smith (2012). "Early Eocene frogs from Vastan Lignite Mine, Gujarat, India". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 58 (3): 511โ€“524. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0063.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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