Bison remains from the Upper Siwaliks of Pakistan

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-128

  Khan, Muhammad Akbar ^a   Kostopoulos, Dimitris S ^b   Akhtar, Muhammad ^c   Nazir, Muhammad ^c  

^a GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bison; Bovidae; Pliocene; Tatrot formation; Upper siwaliks

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY; UNGULATE;

PAKISTAN; SIWALIK HILLS;

BISON; BOVIDAE;

EID: 78649563688     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0090     Document Type: Article

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