Vasuki indicus Datta and Bajpai 2024 (snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Madtsoiidae

Full 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

Belongs to Vasuki according to D. Datta and S. Bajpai 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IITR/VPL/SB 3102-1-21, a partial skeleton (partial vertebral column). Its type locality is Panandhro Lignite Mine [Naredi Fm.], which is in a Lutetian mire/swamp shale in the Naredi Formation of India.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Panandhro Lignite Mine [Naredi Fm.]

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