Early Pleistocene Mammalian Faunas of India and Evidence of Connections with Other Parts of the World

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048190355, 2010, Pages 129-143

  Patnaik, Rajeev ^a   Nanda, Avinash C ^b  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Early Pleistocene; Karewas; Mammalian faunas; Siwalik

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045836502     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9036-2_9     Document Type: Chapter

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