Late middle Miocene amphibians and squamate reptiles from Tauţ, Romania

Geodiversitas

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 731-763

  Venczel, Márton ^a   Ştiucǎ, Emanoil ^b  

^a rii Cri urilor Museum   (Romania)

^b Speleological Institute Emil Racovi   (Romania)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Amphisbaenia; Lacertilia; Miocene; Reptilia; Romania; Serpentes

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; AMPHIBIA; AMPHISBAENIA; ANURA; BLANUS; CORONELLA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); HIEROPHIS; HYLA; LACERTILIA; MACROVIPERA; MAMMALIA; NATRIX; OPHISAURUS; PALAEOBATRACHIDAE; PALAEOBATRACHUS; PARATETHYS; PELOBATES; REPTILIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TRITURUS MARMORATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 59349094562     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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