A new discoglossid frog from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) of Hungary

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 327-333

  Szentesi, Zoltán ^a   Venczel, Márton ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b rii Cri urilor Museum   (Romania)

Author keywords

Adriatic microplate; Amphibia; Anura; Csehb nya Formation; Discoglossidae; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT; FAUNA; FROG; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

BAKONY MOUNTAINS; HUNGARY; TRANSDANUBIAN MOUNTAINS;

ALBANERPETONTIDAE; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; DISCOGLOSSIDAE; NEOBATRACHIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84855342217     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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