First fossil representative of the salamander crown-group from a Gondwanan continent:Pleurodeles cf. waltl from the Quaternary of Morocco

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-252

  Bailon, Salvador ^a   Rage, Jean Claude ^a   Stoetzel, Emmanuelle ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Amphibia; Biogeography; Caudata; palaeontology; Pleurodeles

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOGEOGRAPHY; FOSSIL RECORD; GONDWANA; NEW RECORD; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; TERRITORY;

MOROCCO;

AMPHIBIA; CAUDATA; PLEURODELES; PLEURODELES WALTL; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 79955617236     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/017353711X565501     Document Type: Article

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