THE PRESENCE OF LEPIDOBATRACHUS (ANURA, CERATOPHRYIDAE) IN THE NEOGENE OF THE LA PAMPA PROVINCE, ARGENTINA

Authors

  • Laura Nicoli División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Av. Angel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires

Keywords:

Cerro Azul Fm, Quehué locality, Huayquerian SALMA

Abstract

Neogene anuran remains from central Argentina were assigned to Lepidobatrachus, in base on its exclusive combination of maxillary characters. Although it would represent one of the oldest Lepidobatrachus, the age of the anuran bearing beds, attributed to the Fm. Cerro Azul, has been traditionally inferred in base on questioned methodology. The presence in these sediments of some mammals also recovered in other sequences whit known age, allows propose a preliminary Late Miocene age for the fossils. This and others Lepidobatrachus remains suggest that the genus would be already distributed and that a seasonal environment would be developed in the central Argentina by the middle Neogene.

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Published

2017-12-12

Issue

Vol. 54 No. 6 (2017)

Section

Paleontological Notes

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THE PRESENCE OF LEPIDOBATRACHUS (ANURA, CERATOPHRYIDAE) IN THE NEOGENE OF THE LA PAMPA PROVINCE, ARGENTINA. (2017). Ameghiniana, 54(6), 700–705. https://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/3064