A juvenile anuran from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation, Liaoning, China

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-244

  Wang, Yuan ^a   Jones, Marc E H ^b   Evans, Susan E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anura; China; Development; Early Cretaceous; Jehol Biota; Jiufotang Formation; Limb proportions

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; JUVENILE; LIMB; SKELETON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING;

ANURA;

EID: 34247622210     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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