A new middle eocene sirenian (mammalia, protosirenidae) from india

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 252, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-267

  Bajpai, Sunil ^a   Domning, Daryl P ^b   Das, Debi P ^c   Mishra, Vijay P ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Eocene; India; Palaeobiogeography; Protosirenidae; Sirenia; Tethys

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FAUNA; MAMMAL; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; SKULL;

GUJARAT; INDIA; KUTCH;

DUGONGIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRORASTOMIDAE; PROTOSIRENIDAE; SIRENIA; TRICHECHIDAE;

EID: 77951165651     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0252-0257     Document Type: Article

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