Eocene Western European endemic genus Thaumastosaurus: new insights into the question “Are the Ranidae known prior to the Oligocene?”

Background Amphibians, due to their ecophysiological peculiarities, have a physiology dependent on environmental conditions and sensitively respond to their changes. Here, the oldest record of the genus Thaumastosaurus is described, whose fossil record known exclusively from Western Europe is discus...

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Main Author: Davit Vasilyan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/5511.pdf