Nuevo material de anuros en estratos deseadenses de Scarritt Pocket, provincia de Chubut, y la supuesta presencia de bufónidos paleárticos en el Oligoceno de Patagonia

BÁEZ, A. M.; FERNICOLA, J. C.

AMEGHINIANA

ASOCIACION PALEONTOLOGICA ARGENTINA

Año: 1999 p. 23 - 35

0002-7014

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