Discovery of a micromammal-yielding Deccan intertrappean site near Kisalpuri, Dindori District, Madhya Pradesh

Current Science

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 380-383

  Khosla, A ^a   Prasad, G V R ^b   Verma, O ^b   Jain, A K ^c   Sahni, A ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANURA; BOTHREMYDIDAE; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; EUTHERIA; IGDABATIS INDICUS; LEPISOSTEUS; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; MAMMALIA; OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES; PISCES; PYCNODONTIFORMES; SAUROPODA; SERPENTES; SILURIFORMES; SQUAMATA; THEROPODA;

EID: 9744267614     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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