Anurans from the Early Cretaceous Lagerstätte of Las Hoyas, Spain: New evidence on the Mesozoic diversification of crown-clade Anura

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 90-106

  Báez, Ana María ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anura; Barremian; Costata; Las Hoyas; Pipimorpha; Spain

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BARREMIAN; FROG; LAGERSTATTE; NEW TAXON; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

SPAIN;

ANURA; DISCOGLOSSUS;

EID: 84874744014     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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