Ctenodactyloid rodent assemblage from Kargil Formation, Ladakh Molasse Group: Age and palaeobiogeographic implications for the Indian subcontinent in the Oligo-Miocene

Geobios

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 533-544

  Nanda, Avinash C ^a   Sahni, Ashok ^b  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ctenodactyloid rodents; Enamel structure; Kargil formation; Ladakh molasse group; Oligo miocene

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

INDIA;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0032467690     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(98)80124-1     Document Type: Article

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