New Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) ammonite assemblages from Kutch, India

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 629-651

  Roy, Pinaki ^a   Bardhan, Subhendu ^a   Mitra, Aparajita ^a   Jana, Sudipta K ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ammonites; Bathonian; Biostratigraphy; Kutch; Palaeobiogeography

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BATHONIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; KUTCH; SOUTH ASIA;

AMMONOIDEA; MACROCEPHALITES; OXYCERITES; PROCERITES;

EID: 34250837985     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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