Links

Tools

Export citation

Search in Google Scholar

New frogs from the latest Cretaceous of Haţeg Basin, Romania

Journal article published in 2003 by Márton Venczel ORCID, Zoltán Csiki Venczel, M. And Csiki, Z. Csiki
This paper is available in a repository.
This paper is available in a repository.

Full text: Download

Question mark in circle
Preprint: policy unknown
Question mark in circle
Postprint: policy unknown
Question mark in circle
Published version: policy unknown

Abstract

The latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) fluvio−lacustrine deposits of Haţeg Basin (Romania) have yielded a number of aquatic and terrestrial microvertebrates, including dissociated skeletal remains of the following anuran taxa: Hatzego− batrachus grigorescui gen. et sp. nov., Paralatonia transylvanica gen. et sp. nov., and Anura indet. H. grigorescui sp. nov. (type species), retaining some leiopelmatid−grade anuran features, is diagnosed as a small−sized primitive frog with still unclear relationships. P. transylvanica sp. nov. (type species) is a middle−sized discoglossine frog. Based on the char− acters of jaw−bones and post−cranial skeletal elements, it appears as intermediate between primitive (Eodiscoglossus− like) and more derived (Latonia−like) discoglossine discoglossid. In Hatzegobatrachus and Paralatonia the morphology of the hipbones shows that they differ in saltatorial abilities. Consequently, these forms may have occupied distinct eco− logical niches, suggesting that the latest Cretaceous microvertebrate assemblages of Haţeg Basin were connected to more complex ecosystems than considered before.