Fossil turtle eggshells from infratrappean beds of Duddukuru, Andhra Pradesh

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-213

  Bajpai, Sunil ^a   Srinivasan, S ^b   Sahni, Ashok ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELONIAN; CRETACEOUS; EGGSHELL; INFRATRAPPEAN BEDS; TURTLE;

INDIA, ANDHRA PRADESH, GODAVARI, DUDDUKURU;

EID: 0030931186     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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