The archaic ilial morphology of an enigmatic pipid frog from the upper Pleistocene of the South American pampas

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 304-314

  Báez, Ana M ^a,b   Gómez, Ral O ^a   Taglioretti, Matas L ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; FOSSIL RECORD; FROG; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS;

ANURA; PIPA; PIPIDAE; PIPOIDEA; XENOPODINAE;

EID: 84858202556     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.637591     Document Type: Article

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