Gigantism in tadpoles of the Neogene frog Palaeobatrachus

Paleobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 666-675

  Roček, Zbyněk ^a,b   Böttcher, Ronald ^c   Wassersug, Richard ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; FROG; GROWTH; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PATHOLOGY; PREDATOR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

ANURA; PALAEOBATRACHIDAE; PALAEOBATRACHUS; PIPIDAE; PSEUDIS PARADOXA; TELMATOBIUS;

EID: 33845303512     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/05073.1     Document Type: Article

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