Precisions concerning the distribution and identification of Miocene hominoids from India

Revista Espanola de Paleontologia

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-121

  Pickford, Martin ^a   Tiwari, Brahma N ^b  

^a Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Distribution; Geological context; Hominoidea; India; Miocene; Siwaliks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551475466     PISSN: 02136937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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