Proamphibos kashmiricus (Bovini: Bovidae: Mammalia) lower case from the Pinjor Formation of Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 615-621

  Khan, Muhammad Akbar ^a   Akhtar, Muhammad ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bovine; Pinjor formation; Plio Pleistocene; Proamphibos; Upper siwaliks

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; RUMINANT; SKULL;

SIWALIK HILLS;

BOVIDAE; BOVINAE; BOVINI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79960228494     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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