Palynological constraints on the age of mammal-yielding Deccan intertrappean beds of Naskal, Rangareddi district, Andhra Pradesh

Current Science

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1281-1285

  Singh, R S ^a   Kar, Ratan ^a   Prasad, G V R ^b  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

Author keywords

Deccan intertrappean bed; Eutherian mammals; Maastrichtian age; Naskal; Palynology

Indexed keywords

ARIADNAESPORITES; AZOLLA; EUTHERIA; FILICOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33744495516     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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