Chaungtha, a new Middle Miocene mammal locality from the Irrawaddy Formation, Myanmar

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4-6, 2006, Pages 354-362

  Chavasseau, Olivier ^a   Chaimanee, Yaowalak ^b   Tun, Soe Thura ^c   Soe, Aung Naing ^d   Barry, John C ^e   Marandat, Bernard ^a   Sudre, Jean ^a   Marivaux, Laurent ^a   Ducrocq, Stéphane ^f   Jaeger, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b DMR   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YANGON   (Myanmar)

^d Department of Geology   (Myanmar)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Biochronology; Irrawaddy formation; Mammal fauna; Middle Miocene; Myanmar; Paleobiogeography

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PIG; PROVENANCE; RUMINANT;

ASIA; AYEYARWADY; EURASIA; INDIA; MYANMAR; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

CONOHYUS; GOMPHOTHERIIDAE; MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33751394974     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2005.10.012     Document Type: Article

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