Late Pliocene Albanerpetontidae (Lissamphibia) from Italy

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 716-719

  Delfino, Massimo ^a   Sala, Benedetto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; FOSSIL; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEONTOLOGY; PLIOCENE; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALBANERPETONTIDAE; AMPHIBIA;

EID: 34948853804     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[716:LPALFI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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