The Late Cretaceous frog Gobiates from Central Asia: its evolutionary status and possible phylogenetic relationships

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 577-591

  Roček, Zbyněk ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Cretaceous; Gobiatidae; Mongolia

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; FROG; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SKELETON; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; CENTRAL ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; GOBIATIDAE; PIPOIDEA;

EID: 48549093479     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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