Discovery of a new Anthracobunidae (Tethytheria, Mammalia) from the Lower Eocene lignite of the Kach-Harnai area in Baluchistan (Pakistan)

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 328, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 209-213

  Ginsburg, Léonard ^a   Durrani, Khadim Hussain ^b   Kassi, Akhtar Mohammad ^b   Welcomme, Jean Loup ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anthracobunidae; Eocene; Mammals; New taxa; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; MAMMAL; NEW SPECIES;

KACH; PAKISTAN;

ANTHRACOBUNIDAE;

EID: 0033082114     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(99)80098-6     Document Type: Article

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