A new frog (Amphibia: Anura) from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 761-769

  Gao, Ken Qin ^a   Chen, Shuihua ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhejiang Museum of Natural History   (China)

Author keywords

Anuran phylogeny; Archaeobatrachian frog; Early Cretaceous; Western Liaoning; Yixian Formation

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; NEW GENUS;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PELOBATIDAE; PIPOIDEA;

EID: 9144252700     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2004.06.011     Document Type: Article

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