Panandhro Lignite Mine [Naredi Fm.] (Eocene of India)

Where: Gujarat, India (23.7° N, 68.7° E: paleocoordinates 6.0° N, 61.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Naredi Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Datta and S. Bajpai. 2024. Largest known madtsoiid snake from warm Eocene period of India suggests intercontinental Gondwana dispersal. Scientific Reports 14:8054 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 235707: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 23.07.2024

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Madtsoiidae
Vasuki indicus n. gen. n. sp.
Vasuki indicus n. gen. n. sp. Datta and Bajpai 2024 snake
IITR/VPL/SB 3102-1-21 - holotype