Email this article THE FIRST FINDINGS OF FROGS (ANURA) FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS OF RUSSIA
- Authors: Skutschas P.P.1,2, Bogoy А.P.3, Lubchenkov D.A.4,3, Gvozdkova V.A.1, Parakhin I.A.1,2, Mazur E.V.1, Vitenko D.D.1,2, Bapinaev R.A.1,2, Grigoriev D.V.1,2, Kuzmin I.T.1,2, Bolotsky I.Y.4, Kolchanov V.V.1,2, Bolotsky Y.L.4
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Affiliations:
- Saint Petersburg State University
- Zooloogical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Blagoveschensk State Pedagogical University
- Institute of Geology and Nature Management, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 510, No 2 (2023)
- Pages: 208-211
- Section: PALEONTOLOGY
- Submitted: 30.01.2025
- Published: 01.06.2023
- URL: https://rjeid.com/2686-7397/article/view/649653
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S2686739723600376
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/ULABBT
- ID: 649653
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Abstract
Here we describe the first findings of frogs (Anura) from the Upper Cretaceous of Russia – the distal part of the humerus and the tibiofibula fragment. They come from the Maastrichtian dinosaur locality in the city of Blagoveshchensk in the Amur region. The described remains possess an outer and inner structure typical for Anura. These are the easternmost and the youngest frog remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Asia.
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P. P. Skutschas
Saint Petersburg State University; Zooloogical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: p.skutschas@spbu.ru
Russian, St. Petersburg; Russian, St. Petersburg
А. P. Bogoy
Blagoveschensk State Pedagogical University
Email: p.skutschas@spbu.ru
Russian, Blagoveshchensk
D. A. Lubchenkov
Institute of Geology and Nature Management, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; Blagoveschensk State Pedagogical University
Email: p.skutschas@spbu.ru
Russian,
Blagoveshchensk; Russian, Blagoveshchensk
V. A. Gvozdkova
Saint Petersburg State University
Email: p.skutschas@spbu.ru
Russian, St. Petersburg
I. A. Parakhin
Saint Petersburg State University; Zooloogical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: p.skutschas@spbu.ru
Russian, St. Petersburg; Russian, St. Petersburg
E. V. Mazur
Saint Petersburg State University
Email: p.skutschas@spbu.ru
Russian, St. Petersburg
D. D. Vitenko
Saint Petersburg State University; Zooloogical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: p.skutschas@spbu.ru
Russian, St. Petersburg; Russian, St. Petersburg
R. A. Bapinaev
Saint Petersburg State University; Zooloogical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: p.skutschas@spbu.ru
Russian, St. Petersburg; Russian, St. Petersburg
D. V. Grigoriev
Saint Petersburg State University; Zooloogical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: p.skutschas@spbu.ru
Russian, St. Petersburg; Russian, St. Petersburg
I. T. Kuzmin
Saint Petersburg State University; Zooloogical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: p.skutschas@spbu.ru
Russian, St. Petersburg; Russian, St. Petersburg
I. Y. Bolotsky
Institute of Geology and Nature Management, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: p.skutschas@spbu.ru
Russian,
Blagoveshchensk
V. V. Kolchanov
Saint Petersburg State University; Zooloogical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: p.skutschas@spbu.ru
Russian, St. Petersburg; Russian, St. Petersburg
Y. L. Bolotsky
Institute of Geology and Nature Management, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: p.skutschas@spbu.ru
Russian,
Blagoveshchensk
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