A Late Triassic dromatheriid (Synapsida: Cynodontia) from India

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 12-24

  Datta, P M ^a,b   Das, D P ^a,b   Luo, Z X ^a  

^a Section of Vertebrate Paleontology   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Cynodontia; Dromatheriidae; India; Late Triassic; Tiki Formation

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; TOOTH; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

CYNODONTIA; MAMMALIA; SYNAPSIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3242717931     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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