New Eocene mammal and bird footprints from Birjand area, eastern Iran

Ichnos

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 363-370

  Mirzaie Ataabadi, Majid ^a   Khazaee, Ahmad Reza ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND   (Iran)

Author keywords

Birds; Birjand; Eastern Iran; Eocene; Footprints; Mammals

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EOCENE; FOOTPRINT; FOSSIL; ICHNOLOGY; MAMMAL; NEW RECORD;

ASIA; BIRJAND; EURASIA; IRAN; KHORASAN; MIDDLE EAST;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 4644299805     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940490428724     Document Type: Article

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