Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from the Salt Range, Pakistan

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn , Issue 88, 2012, Pages 1-114

  Brühwiler, Thomas ^a   Bucher, Hugo ^a   Ware, David ^a   Schneebeli Hermann, Elke ^a   Hochuli, Peter A ^a   Roohi, Ghazala ^b   Rehman, Khalil ^b   Yaseen, Aamir ^b  

^a PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^b PAKISTAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Ammonoidea; Biostratigraphy; Early Triassic; Pakistan; Salt Range; Smithian

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872719527     PISSN: 00386804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/J.1475-4983.2012.01204.X     Document Type: Article

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