Pliocene Anurans of East-European Platform

Viatcheslav Yu. Ratnikov

Abstract


The brief review of eleven Pliocene East-European localities of Anura and their taxonomic composition is presented. Species composition of herpetofauna distinguishes it from later Pleistocene ones.

Keywords


Anura; Pliocene; East-European platform

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2001-8-3-171-178

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