The faunal assemblage of the paleonto-archeological localities of the Late Pliocene Quranwala Zone, Masol Formation, Siwalik Range, NW India

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 359-378

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

^a Centre européen de recherches préhistoriques   (France)

^b Society for Archaeological and Anthropological Research   (India)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Late pliocene; Siwalik frontal range; Sub himalayan floodplain; Tatrot faunal assemblage

Indexed keywords

BONE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; OUTCROP; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; QUARTZITE; RARE SPECIES;

CHANDIGARH; INDIA; PABBI HILLS; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; SIWALIK HILLS;

BOVIDAE; CERVIDAE; CROCUTA; ELEPHAS; EQUUS; FELIDAE; GEOCLEMYS; HEXAPROTODON; HIPPARION; MAMMALIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84960087617     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2015.09.016     Document Type: Article

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