New remains of the baluchithere Paraceratherium bugtiense (Pilgrim, 1910) from the Late/latest Oligocene of the Bugti hills, Balochistan, Pakistan

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-77

  Antoine, Pierre Olivier ^a,b,c   Shah, S M Ibrahim ^d   Cheema, Iqbal U ^d   Crochet, Jean Yves ^b,c   de Franceschi, Dario ^c,e   Marivaux, Laurent ^b,c   Métais, Grégoire ^b,c   Welcomme, Jean Loup ^b,c  

^a Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c Mission Paleontol F Balouchistan ^*  (France)

^d PAKISTAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Pakistan)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Bugti hills; Cadurcotherium; Late Oligocene; Lundo Chur J2; Pakistan; Paraceratherium; Rhinocerotoidea

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL RECORD; OLIGOCENE; SKULL; TOOTH;

ASIA; BALUCHISTAN; BUGTI HILLS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 8744306870     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaes.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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