Revision of the Mio-Pliocene bunodont otter-like mammals of the Indian Subcontinent

Estudios Geologicos

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-127

  Pickford, M ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

Author keywords

Biochronology; Diet; Enhydriodontini; Indian subcontinent; Mio Pliocene; Otter like mammals; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIVALVE; DENTITION; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PLIOCENE;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; NORTH AMERICA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

BIVALVIA; CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 37249093572     PISSN: 03670449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/egeol.07631192     Document Type: Article

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