First microvertebrate assemblage from the Fatehgarh Formation (Cretaceous), Barmer district, western Rajasthan

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 759-769

  Mathur, S K ^a   Mathur, S C ^a   Loyal, R S ^b  

^a JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Barmer district; Fatehgarh; Late Cretaceous; Microvertebrates; Rajasthan

Indexed keywords

BONE; CRETACEOUS; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GASTROPOD; SKELETAL REMAINS; STRATIGRAPHY; TOOTH; VERTEBRATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA;

ALBULOIDEI; ENCHODONTIDAE; GASTROPODA; IGDABATIS; LEPISOSTEUS INDICUS; SEMIONOTIFORMES; SILURIFORMES; STEPHANODUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33746991381     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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