Biography

Anne Ranga Rao, Indian geologist and paleontologist (Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh State 10 October 1930 – Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand State 1999)

DESCRIBED FOSSIL MAMMALIAN TAXA

Genera

Auxalophus 1972

Indohyus 1971

Kalakotia 1972

Paratritemnodon 1973

Species 

Auxalophus quadrangularis 1972

Hyrachus asiaticus 1973 with Obergfell

Indohyus indirae 1971

Kalakotia simplicidentata 1972

Khirtharia inflata 1972

Kunmumella kalakotensis 1971

Paratritemnodon indicus 1973

Others

Brachiopoda (with Waterhouse 1989)

Genus

Lamniplica 1989

Species

Arctitreta bapensis

Lamniplica punctata

Strophalosia perfecta

HONORS (Fossil Mammalia)

Raoella Sahni & Khare 1971 (Fossil Mammalia) 

Obergfellia Cooper, Seiffert, Clements, Madar, Bajpai, Hussain & Thewissen 2014

His spouse, Friedlinde Albertine Obergfell, German paleontologist (Germany 24 November 1915 – Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand State 2007)

Described Mammalian Fossil Species

Andegameryx serum 1957

Hyrachus asiaticus 1973 with Ranga Rao

Procervulus praelucidus 1957

HONORS

Obergfellia Cooper, Seiffert, Clements, Madar, Bajpai, Hussain & Thewissen 2014 (Fossil Mammalia)