A new fossil sirenian (Mammalia, Dugonginae) from the Miocene of India

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-50

  Bajpai, Sunil ^a   Domning, Daryl P ^b   Das, D P ^c   Vélez Juarbe, Jorge ^b   Mishra, V P ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Dugongidae; India; Miocene; Sirenia; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; NEW SPECIES; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

INDIA;

DUGONGIDAE; DUGONGINAE; MAMMALIA; SIRENIA;

EID: 78649540375     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0082     Document Type: Article

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