Elkobatrachus brocki, a new pelobatid (Amphibia: Anura) from the Eocene Elko Formation of Nevada

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-35

  Henrici, Amy C ^a   Haynes, Simon R ^b,c  

^a SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Anura; Elko Formation; Elkobatrachus; Middle Eocene; Pelobatidae

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; EOCENE; FOSSIL; PHYLOGENETICS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PELOBATIDAE;

EID: 33744513079     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2992/0097-4463(2006)75[11:EBANPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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