Late cretaceous sudamericid Gondwanatherians from India with Paleobiogeographic considerations of Gondwanan mammals

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 521-531

  Wilson, G P ^a   Das Sarma, D C ^b   Anantharaman, S ^b  

^a DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FAUNA; GONDWANA; MAASTRICHTIAN; MAMMAL; NEW TAXON; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; TOOTH;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ARGENTINA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KARNATAKA; MADAGASCAR; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; SUDAMERICA; SUDAMERICIDAE;

EID: 34447102192     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[521:LCSGFI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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