Palaeobatrachid frogs from the earliest Miocene (Agenian) of France, with description of a new species

Geobios

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 223-231

  Hossini, Saïda ^a   Rage, Jean Claude ^b  

^a MOULAY ISMAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Agenian; Anura; Early Miocene; France; Palaeobatrachidae

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; FROG; MIOCENE;

FRANCE;

PALAEOBATRACHIDAE;

EID: 0033924415     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(00)80019-4     Document Type: Article

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