Suratagama

Suratagama
Temporal range: Early Eocene
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

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 Cambay Formation in Gujarat.[1]

References

  1. Rana, R.S.; Augé, M.; Folie, A.; Rose, K.D.; Kumar, K.; Singh, L.; Sahni, A.; and Smith, T. (2013). "High diversity of acrodontan lizards in the Early Eocene Vastan Lignite Mine of India" (PDF). Geologica Belgica. 16 (4): 290–301. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)


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