The geologically youngest albanerpetontid amphibian, from the lower pliocene of hungary

Palaeontology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1273-1300

  Venczel, Márton ^a   Gardner, James D ^b  

^a rii Cri urilor Museum   (Romania)

^b ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Albanerpeton; Albanerpetontidae; Europe; Hungary; Pannonian Basin; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PLIOCENE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

ALBANERPETON; ALBANERPETON INEXPECTATUM; ALBANERPETONTIDAE; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ZANCLEA;

EID: 30744460924     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00512.x     Document Type: Review

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