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Indiagama
Temporal range: Early Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Indiagama
Rana et al., 2013
Type species
Indiagama gujarata
Rana et al., 2013

Indiagama is an extinct genus of agamid lizard known from the type species Indiagama gujarata from the early Eocene of India. Indiagama was named in 2013 on the basis of a single lower jaw from the Cambay Formation in Gujarat. The rectangular shape of its teeth distinguish it from all other agamids, living and extinct.[1]

References

  1. ^ Rana, R.S. (2013). "High diversity of acrodontan lizards in the Early Eocene Vastan Lignite Mine of India" (PDF). Geologica Belgica. 16 (4): 290–301. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)