Fossil frogs (Amphibia: Anura) from the Upper Cretaceous intertrappean beds of Naskal, Andhra Pradesh, India

Revue de Paleobiologie

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-116

  Prasad, Guntupalli V R ^a   Rage, Jean Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Cretaceous; India; Palaeogeography

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; FROG; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; DISCOGLOSSIDAE; HEMISOTIDAE; HYLIDAE; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; NEOBATRACHIA; RANOIDEA;

EID: 2442596612     PISSN: 02536730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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