New .i.Latonia./i. (Amphibia: Alytidae) from the late Miocene of northern Caucasus (Russia)

0517181 - GLÚ 2020 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Syromyatnikova, E. - Roček, Zbyněk
New Latonia (Amphibia: Alytidae) from the late Miocene of northern Caucasus (Russia).
Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. Roč. 99, č. 3 (2019), s. 495-509. ISSN 1867-1594. E-ISSN 1867-1608
Institutional support: RVO:67985831
Keywords : Latonia * Osteology * Anura * Alytidae * Late Miocene * Russia
OECD category: Geology
Impact factor: 1.573, year: 2019
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12549-018-0350-3

A new species of Latonia, based on isolated cranial and postcranial bones from the late Miocene of the Volchaya Balka locality (early Turolian, MN 11) in N Caucasus, represents the easternmost hitherto known Latonia population and the first well-preserved and unambiguous record of Latonia in Russia. It belongs among those species of Latonia that have smooth maxillae and moderately sculptured frontoparietal. Although Latonia is a common anuran in the fossil record of Europe from the Oligocene to Recent, its fragmentary nature (both articulated skeletons and disarticulated bones) prevents reliable taxonomic conclusions. This is why species-specific diagnostic characters should be verified in order to confirm validity of currently recognised species.
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