Vertebrate fauna from the subsurface Cambay Shale (Lower Eocene), Vastan Lignite Mine, Gujarat, India

Current Science

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1726-1733

  Rana, R S ^a   Kumar, K ^b   Singh, H ^a  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; RHIZOPRIONODON; TELEOST FISH; TRIAKIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 22544458193     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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