Eocene raoellids (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla) outside the Indian Subcontinent: Palaeogeographical implications

Geological Magazine

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-92

  Orliac, M J ^a   Ducrocq, S ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

coastal China; Greater India; Raoellidae; Shanghuang fissure fillings

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CHINA; GREATER INDIA; INDIAN SUBCONTINENTS; MONGOLIA; MYANMARS; PAKISTAN; RAOELLIDAE;

MAMMALS;

BIOCHRONOLOGY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENDEMISM; EOCENE; FOSSIL; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MAMMAL; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

CHINA; INDIA; MONGOLIA; MYANMAR;

CETACEA; CETARTIODACTYLA; MAMMALIA; SUOIDEA;

EID: 82955239874     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756811000586     Document Type: Article

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