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IN a previous letter1 I showed that the Ranikot (Palæocene) Sea of India must have extended over the whole length of the Himalayas, from eastern Tibet to Waziristan. More recently, some interesting fresh evidence has been found regarding the extent of the Ranikot Sea ; for Mr. A. G. Davis, who is working for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, informed me that he had found Ranikot fossils in collections made by Dr. J. V. Harrison of that Company from a section near Shamshir-i-Quli (lat. 33° 30' N. ; long. 47° 10' E.) on the western borders of Persia.
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DAVIES, L. Westward Extension of the Ranikot Sea. Nature 141, 202 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141202a0
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