Skeleton of a leopard frog (Rana pipiens) from Champlain Sea deposits (ca. 10 000 BP) near Eardley, Quebec

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1150-1155

  Alan Holman, J ^a   Harington, C R ^b   Mott, R J ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CALCAREOUS NODULE; LEOPARD FROG; PALAEOECOLOGY; QUATERNARY; RANA PIPIENS;

CANADA, QUEBEC, EARDLEY;

EID: 3242859441     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-092     Document Type: Article

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