Anuran Remains from the Early Cretaceous of Transbaikalia, Russia

Pavel P. Skutschas

Abstract


Fragment of maxilla and postcranial bones of ?Discoglossidae indet. from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian? – Aptian) Krasnyi Yar locality in Transbaikalia, Russia are described. These remains represent the first Mesozoic anuran record in Russia.

Keywords


Anura; Early Cretaceous; Transbaikalia

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2003-10-3-213-216

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