A new species of Thaumastosaurus (amphibia: Anura) from the eocene of Europe

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 329-336

  Rage, Jean Claude ^a   Roček, Zbyněk ^b,c  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; EOCENE; NEW SPECIES; SKULL; VERTEBRATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MIDI-PYRENEES; QUERCY; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34447122660     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[329:ANSOTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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