Early Eocene artiodactyls (Mammalia) from Western India

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1245-1274

  Kumar, Kishor ^a   Rose, Kenneth D ^b   Rana, Rajendra S ^c   Singh, Lachham ^c   Smith, Thierry ^d   Sahni, Ashok ^e  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^e PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; DENTITION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN; UNGULATE; YPRESIAN;

GUJARAT; INDIA;

ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; FORAMINIFERA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77956032291     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.483605     Document Type: Article

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