Discovery of trilobite trace fossils from the Nagaur Sandstone, the Marwar Supergroup, Dulmera area, Bikaner District, Rajasthan

Current Science

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1081-1085

  Kumar, S ^a   Pandey, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Marwar Supergroup; Nagaur Sandstone; Trace fossils; Trilobites

Indexed keywords

CRUZIANA; RUSOPHYCUS; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 43949142775     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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