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  • Sanajeh indicus GSI/GC/DD4 partial skull micro Computed Tomography (CT) data

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    Creator:
    Wilson Mantilla, Jeffrey A.
    Description:
    Specimen GSI/GC/DD4 is a posterior portion of the skull (comprising a partial braincase and skull roof), a partial right mandible, and right pterygoid of a snake referred to the species Sanajeh indicus. The specimen was collected from Late Cretaceous-aged sediments near the village of Dholi Dungri, Gujarat, India. The specimen is housed in Geological Survey of India Palaeontology Division, Central Region, Nagpur, India. For assistance with access, please contact Dhananjay Mohabey ( dinomohabey@yahoo.com) or Bandana Samant ( bandanabhu@gmail.com). Casts of this and other elements of Sanajeh are available at the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology.
    Keyword:
    India snake Cretaceous Maastrichtian Gondwana paleontology
    Citation to related publication:
    Wilson, J. A., D. M. Mohabey, S. E. Peters, and J. J. Head 2010. Predation on hatchling dinosaurs by a new snake from the Late Cretaceous of India. PLoS Biology 8: 1–5. and Zaher, H., D. M. Mohabey, F. Grazziotin, and J. A. Wilson Mantilla. 2023. A Cretaceous stem snake with an ossified upper temporal bar and the origin of wide-gape feeding. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197:656–697.  https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac001.
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    Science

  • Sanajeh indicus GSI/GC/2903 mandible micro Computed Tomography (CT) data

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    Creator:
    Wilson Mantilla, Jeffrey A.
    Description:
    Specimen GSI/GC/2903 is the 'cranial block' of the holotype of Sanajeh indicus. This scan contains part of GSI/GC/2903, the mandible, which includes a well-preserved dentary. The specimen was collected from Late Cretaceous-aged sediments near the village of Dholi Dungri, Gujarat, India. The specimen is housed in Geological Survey of India Palaeontology Division, Central Region, Nagpur, India. For assistance with access, please contact Dhananjay Mohabey ( dinomohabey@yahoo.com) or Bandana Samant ( bandanabhu@gmail.com). Casts of this and other elements of Sanajeh are available at the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology.
    Keyword:
    India snake Cretaceous Maastrichtian Gondwana paleontology
    Citation to related publication:
    Wilson, J. A., D. M. Mohabey, S. E. Peters, and J. J. Head 2010. Predation on hatchling dinosaurs by a new snake from the Late Cretaceous of India. PLoS Biology 8: 1–5. and Zaher, H., D. M. Mohabey, F. Grazziotin, and J. A. Wilson Mantilla. 2023. A Cretaceous stem snake with an ossified upper temporal bar and the origin of wide-gape feeding. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197:656–697.  https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac001.
    Discipline:
    Science

  • Sanajeh indicus GSI/GC/2903 braincase micro Computed Tomography (CT) data

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    Creator:
    Wilson Mantilla, Jeffrey A.
    Description:
    Specimen GSI/GC/2903 is the 'cranial block' of the holotype of Sanajeh indicus. The scan includes part of GSI/GC/2903, including the nearly complete braincase (a partial parietal and frontal, prootics, otooccipitals, supraoccipital, supratemporal, basioccipital, and parabasisphenoid). The specimen was collected from Late Cretaceous-aged sediments near the village of Dholi Dungri, Gujarat, India. The specimen is housed in Geological Survey of India Palaeontology Division, Central Region, Nagpur, India. For assistance with access, please contact Dhananjay Mohabey ( dinomohabey@yahoo.com) or Bandana Samant ( bandanabhu@gmail.com). Casts of this and other elements of Sanajeh are available at the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology. The specimen was collected under the auspices of a Joint Collaborative Programme through a Memorandum of Understanding involving the Geological Survey of India (Government of India, Ministry of Mines) and the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology.
    Keyword:
    India snake Cretaceous Maastrichtian Gondwana paleontology
    Citation to related publication:
    Wilson, J. A., D. M. Mohabey, S. E. Peters, and J. J. Head 2010. Predation on hatchling dinosaurs by a new snake from the Late Cretaceous of India. PLoS Biology 8: 1–5. and Zaher, H., D. M. Mohabey, F. Grazziotin, and J. A. Wilson Mantilla. 2023. A Cretaceous stem snake with an ossified upper temporal bar and the origin of wide-gape feeding. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197:656–697.  https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac001.
    Discipline:
    Science