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First two cockroaches from the early Eocene of western Rajasthan, India (Insecta: Blattodea)
Raman Patel1, Rajendra Singh Rana, Andre Nel
1Department of Geology, Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar, 246174 Uttarakhand, India. ramanpatel2142@gmail.com.
Zootaxa
|March 23, 2021
Abstract:
We describe the first two Blattodea from the early Eocene Palana Formation of the Gurha opencast lignite mine, western Rajasthan, India. Although it is not possible to attribute them to a precise family, these large wings suggest a warm and humid paleoclimate for the area at that time.

