Rodents from the Oligo-Miocene Kargil Formation, Ladakh, India: Biochronologic and palaeobiogeographic implications

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 383-407

  Kumar, Kishor ^a   Nanda, A C ^a   Tiwari, B N ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; RODENT;

INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; KARGIL;

CHAPATTIMYIDAE; FALLOMUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0042612607     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/202/1996/383     Document Type: Article

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