Vertebrate biogeographic evidence for connections of the east and southeast Asian blocks with Gondwana

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 625-634

  Rich, T H ^a   Young, G C ^b  

^a MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; China; Cretaceous; Devonian; Fish; India; Tertiary; Tetrapods; Thailand; Triassic; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DEVONIAN; FISH; GONDWANA; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TERTIARY; TETRAPOD; TRIASSIC;

AUSTRALIA; CHINA; INDIA; THAILAND;

EID: 0030431917     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099608728283     Document Type: Article

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