Triconodont mammals from the Jurassic Kota Formation of India

Geodiversitas

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 445-464

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

India; Jurassic; Kota Formation; Mammalia; New genus; New species; Triconodonts

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; TRICONODONTA;

EID: 0038424419     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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