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45 million year old Snakehead fish skull discovered in Subathu

Solan, Nov 6 (UNI) A remarkably well preserved snakehead fish skull, dating back 45 million years to the Eocene epoch has been discovered from the Subathu Formation near in Himachal Pradesh, by Dr. Ritesh Arya, founder of the Tethys Fossil Museum.
The fossil has been identified by Prof. Rajeev Patnaik, Geology Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, and hailed as a landmark discovery by Prof. Ashok Sahni, eminent paleontologist and Emeritus Scientist, now based in Lucknow.
Dr. Arya discovered the fossil in a small stream cutting through the Subathu Formation - sedimentary rocks that record the final stages of squeezing of the Tethys Sea and early stages of India’s collision with the landmass after it drifted from the Africa and was part of Gondwana land .
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