Discovery of Fallomus ladakhensis Nanda & Sahni, 1998 (Mammalia, Rodentia, Diatomyidae) in the lignites of Nong Ya Plong (Phetchaburi Province, Thailand): Systematic, biochronoligical and paleoenvironmental implications

Geodiversitas

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 493-507

  Marivaux, Laurent ^a   Chaimanee, Yaowalak ^b   Yamee, Chotima ^b   Srisuk, Paladej ^c   Jaeger, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b Department of Mineral Rsrc ^*  (Thailand)

^c Srisuk House Museum   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Biochronology; Diatomyidae; Fallomus; Late Oligocene; Mammalia; Pakistan; Paleobiogeography; Paleoenvironment; Rodentia; Thailand

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 6044223348     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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