Lower vertebrates from the Late Palaeocene-Earliest Eocene Akli Formation, Giral Lignite Mine, Barmer District, western India

Current Science

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1606-1613

  Rana, R S ^a   Kumar, K ^b   Singh, H ^a   Rose, K D ^c  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Akli lignite; Palaeocene Eocene; Rajasthan; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

BOIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DASYATIS; ENCHODONTIDAE; GINGLYMOSTOMA; GYMNURA; LEPISOSTEIDAE; OSTEOGLOSSIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUATINA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 31644441854     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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