Bufonid toads from the late Oligocene beds of Salla, Bolivia

Isolated fragmentary anuran remains from several fossil-bearing levels of the continental succession exposed in the Salla-Luribay basin, Eastern Cordillera, are described herein. The anuran material consists of poorly preserved postcranial bones that are referable to toads of the nearly cosmopolitan...

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Publicado: 2004
Materias:
amphibian
fossil
Oligocene
toad
Bolivia
La Paz [Bolivia]
Salla
South America
Anura
Bufo
Bufo arenarum
Bufo marinus
Bufonidae
Caudiverbera
Acceso en línea:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_02724634_v24_n1_p73_Baez
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_02724634_v24_n1_p73_Baez
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spelling paper:paper_02724634_v24_n1_p73_Baez2023-06-08T15:25:10Z Bufonid toads from the late Oligocene beds of Salla, Bolivia amphibian fossil Oligocene toad Bolivia La Paz [Bolivia] Salla South America Anura Bufo Bufo arenarum Bufo marinus Bufonidae Caudiverbera Isolated fragmentary anuran remains from several fossil-bearing levels of the continental succession exposed in the Salla-Luribay basin, Eastern Cordillera, are described herein. The anuran material consists of poorly preserved postcranial bones that are referable to toads of the nearly cosmopolitan genus Bufo, now widely distributed in South America. Moreover, these remains strikingly resemble skeletal elements of extant South American species of the B. marinus group, most of which inhabit humid to semiarid lowlands. Based on the ilial morphology, two species appear to be represented in the Salla Beds: one close to B. arenarum and another, possibly new, that attained large size. This study does not confirm an earlier suggestion that a taxon closely related to the living South American aquatic leptodactylid Caudiverbera is represented in the Salla succession. This record supports an Early Tertiary, or even older, major diversification of bufonids. © 2004 by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. 2004 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_02724634_v24_n1_p73_Baez http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_02724634_v24_n1_p73_Baez
institution Universidad de Buenos Aires
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collection Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA)
topic amphibian
fossil
Oligocene
toad
Bolivia
La Paz [Bolivia]
Salla
South America
Anura
Bufo
Bufo arenarum
Bufo marinus
Bufonidae
Caudiverbera
spellingShingle amphibian
fossil
Oligocene
toad
Bolivia
La Paz [Bolivia]
Salla
South America
Anura
Bufo
Bufo arenarum
Bufo marinus
Bufonidae
Caudiverbera
Bufonid toads from the late Oligocene beds of Salla, Bolivia
topic_facet amphibian
fossil
Oligocene
toad
Bolivia
La Paz [Bolivia]
Salla
South America
Anura
Bufo
Bufo arenarum
Bufo marinus
Bufonidae
Caudiverbera
description Isolated fragmentary anuran remains from several fossil-bearing levels of the continental succession exposed in the Salla-Luribay basin, Eastern Cordillera, are described herein. The anuran material consists of poorly preserved postcranial bones that are referable to toads of the nearly cosmopolitan genus Bufo, now widely distributed in South America. Moreover, these remains strikingly resemble skeletal elements of extant South American species of the B. marinus group, most of which inhabit humid to semiarid lowlands. Based on the ilial morphology, two species appear to be represented in the Salla Beds: one close to B. arenarum and another, possibly new, that attained large size. This study does not confirm an earlier suggestion that a taxon closely related to the living South American aquatic leptodactylid Caudiverbera is represented in the Salla succession. This record supports an Early Tertiary, or even older, major diversification of bufonids. © 2004 by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.
title Bufonid toads from the late Oligocene beds of Salla, Bolivia
title_short Bufonid toads from the late Oligocene beds of Salla, Bolivia
title_full Bufonid toads from the late Oligocene beds of Salla, Bolivia
title_fullStr Bufonid toads from the late Oligocene beds of Salla, Bolivia
title_full_unstemmed Bufonid toads from the late Oligocene beds of Salla, Bolivia
title_sort bufonid toads from the late oligocene beds of salla, bolivia
publishDate 2004
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_02724634_v24_n1_p73_Baez
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_02724634_v24_n1_p73_Baez
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