A new symmetrodont mammal from the Lower Jurassic Kota Formation, Pranhita-Godavari Valley, India

Geobios

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 563-572

  Prasad, Guntupalli V R ^a   Manhas, Brijesh K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

Author keywords

India; Jurassic; Kota Formation; Mammals; Symmetrodonta; Tinodontidae

Indexed keywords

INDOTHERIUM; JURASSIC; KOTATHERIUM; MAMMAL; SYMMETRODONTA; TINODON;

INDIA;

EID: 0031411447     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(97)80122-2     Document Type: Article

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