Generic diversity and distributional dynamics of the Palaeobatrachidae (Amphibia: Anura)

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 367-395

  Wuttke, Michael ^a   Prikryl, Tomáŝ ^b,c   Ratnikov, Viacheslav Yu ^d   Dvorák, Zdenek ^e   Rocek, Zbynek ^b  

^a General Department of Cultural Heritage Rhineland Palatinate   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d VORONEZH STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e Severoceské doly as Doly Bílina ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anura; Europe; Evolution; Osteology; Palaeobatrachidae; Palaeogeography

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FREEZING; FROG; GLACIATION; MORPHOLOGY; OSTEOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECONSTRUCTION; SKELETON; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMY;

CZECH REPUBLIC; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PALAEOBATRACHIDAE; PALAEOBATRACHUS;

EID: 84871617122     PISSN: 18671594     EISSN: 18671608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12549-012-0071-y     Document Type: Article

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