Amphibians and squamates from the cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Morocco a preliminary study, with description of a new genus of pipid frog

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 285, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 1-22

  Rage, Jean Claude ^a   Dutheil, Didier B ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Amphibia; Cretaceous; Morocco; Reptilia

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN; FOSSIL; FROG; LIZARD; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; SNAKE;

MOROCCO;

EID: 60149090321     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1127/pala/285/2008/1     Document Type: Article

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