Taphonomy and palaeoenvironment of the Middle Eocene rodent localities of northwestern Himalaya, India

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 185-211

  Srivastava, Rahul ^a   Kumar, Kishor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); VERTEBRATA;

EOCENE; MAMMAL; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; RODENT; TAPHONOMY;

INDIA, HIMACHAL PRADESH; INDIA, JAMMU AND KASHMIR; PAKISTAN;

EID: 0029730282     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(95)00090-9     Document Type: Article

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