Discovery of a Middle Jurassic fossil tadpole from Daohugou Region, Ningcheng, Inner Mongolia, China

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-148

  Yuan, Chongxi ^a   Zhang, Hongbin ^b   Li, Ming ^c   Ji, Xinxin ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b China Dinosaur Park in Changzhou   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anura Amphibian; Fossil tadpole; Inner Mongolia; Middle Jurassic

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; FOSSIL; FROG; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; JURASSIC; MORPHOGENESIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

LACCOTRITON SUBSOLANUS; SINERPETON FENGSHANENSIS;

EID: 4143078003     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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