Osteoglossid and lepisosteid fish remains from the paleocene palana formation, Rajasthan, India

Palaeontology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1187-1203

  Kumar, K ^a   Rana, R S ^b   Paliwal, S ^c  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^b H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fish; India; Lepisosteidae; Osteoglossidae; Palana Formation; Paleocene; Rajasthan

Indexed keywords

FISH; FOSSIL; NEW SPECIES; PALEOCENE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); LEPISOSTEIDAE; LEPISOSTEUS; MAMMALIA; OSTEOGLOSSIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 30844438326     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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