Pipid frog from the Pleistocene of the Pampas of southern South America

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1195-1198

  Báez, Ana M ^a   Scanferla, Carlos A ^b   Agnolin, Federico L ^b,c   Cenizo, Marcos ^c   de los Reyes, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y ANTROPOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FROG; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANURA; PIPIDAE;

EID: 58249111623     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1195     Document Type: Article

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