Anurans from the Candeleros Formation (?Cenomanian-Turonian) of west-central Argentina: new evidence for pipoid evolution

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1005-1016

  Báez, Ana M ^a   Muzzopappa, Paula ^a   Nicoli, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Avitabatrachus; Candeleros Formation; Cretaceous; Patagonia; Pipidae; Pipoidea

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; FROG; MORPHOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; SKELETON; TAXONOMY;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANURA; PIPIDAE; PIPOIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 36048991157     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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