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Geology and palaeontology of Neogene strata of Pakistan

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A joint study of the Potwar Plateau of Pakistan is yielding abundant material for stratigraphic and palaeontological reassessment.

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  1. Peabody Museum, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520

    David Pilbeam, John Barry & Grant E. Meyer

  2. Geological Survey of Pakistan, Quetta, Pakistan

    S. M. Ibrahim Shah

  3. Department of Geology, Queen Mary College, Mile End Road, London, UK

    M. H. L. Pickford & W. W. Bishop

  4. Institut de Paléontologie, 8 rue de Buffon, Paris, 75005, France

    Herbert Thomas

  5. Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721

    Louis L. Jacobs

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Pilbeam, D., Barry, J., Meyer, G. et al. Geology and palaeontology of Neogene strata of Pakistan. Nature 270, 684–689 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/270684a0

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