Patterns of larval development in Cretaceous pipid frogs

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-126

  Roček, Zbyněk ^a,b   Van Dijk, Eduard ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anura; Cretaceous; Israel; Larval development; Oligocene; Pipidae; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CRETACEOUS;

ANURA; PALAEOBATRACHIDAE; PIPIDAE; THORACILIACUS ROSTRICEPS;

EID: 33144455003     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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