On the putative presence of eupsophus (Anura: Cycloramphidae) in central Patagonia during the Oligocene

Herpetologica

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 236-243

  Nicoli, Laura ^a  

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

Author keywords

Chubut, Deseadan; Eupsophus; Fossil anurans; Oligocene; Patagonia; Scarritt Pocket

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; FOSSIL RECORD; FROG; OLIGOCENE; OSTEOLOGY; OUTCROP; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SKELETON;

PATAGONIA;

ANURA; EUPSOPHUS;

EID: 84862194063     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-11-00060.1     Document Type: Review

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