Lithostratigraphy of Masol paleonto-archeological localities in the Quranwala zone, 2.6 Ma, Northwestern India

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 417-439

  Chapon Sao, Cécile ^a   Abdessadok, Salah ^a   Tudryn, Alina ^b   Dambricourt Malassé, Anne ^a   Singh, Mukesh ^c   Karir, Baldev ^c   Gaillard, Claire ^a   Moigne, Anne Marie ^a   Gargani, Julien ^b   Bhardwaj, Vipnesh ^c  

^a UMR 7194 CNRS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Society for Archaeological and Anthropological Research   (India)

Author keywords

Chandigarh anticline; Late pliocene; Lithostratigraphy; Paleonto archeological localities; Quranwala fossiliserons zone; Siwaliks frontal range; Transitional fauna

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BONE; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOMINID; INLIER; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; OUTCROP; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION;

CHANDIGARH; INDIA; SIWALIK HILLS;

EID: 84959867762     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2015.10.005     Document Type: Article

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