Earliest mammal with transversely expanded upper molar from the Late Triassic (Carnian) Tiki Formation, South Rewa Gondwana Basin, India

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 200-207

  Datta, P M ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; MAMMAL; NEW TAXON; TOOTH; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; REWA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

MAMMALIA; SHUOTHERIIDAE; TIKITHERIUM COPEI;

EID: 15944419887     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0200:EMWTEU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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