Indorana

Indorana; Temporal range: Ypresian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Rhacophoridae
Genus:	†Indorana; Folie & Rana et al., 2012
Binomial name
	Indorana prasadi; Folie & Rana et al., 2012

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]

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

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): 511–524. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0063.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

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[Eocenefrogs-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): 511–524. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0063.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)