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The first find of a spadefoot toad (Anura, Pelobatidae) in the Miocene of Moldova

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A skeleton fragment of a spadefoot toad (family Pelobatidae Bonaparte, 1850) from the Middle Miocene (Early Sarmatian) of the Karpov Yar locality (northern Moldova) is described. Since the material is incomplete, it is only determined as Pelobatidae gen. indet. This is the first spadefoot toad from the Miocene of Moldova.

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  1. St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia

    P. P. Skutschas

  2. Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya ul. 123, Moscow, 117997, Russia

    A. F. Bannikov

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Original Russian Text © P.P. Skutschas, A.F. Bannikov, 2009, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2009, No. 4, pp. 73–76.

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Skutschas, P.P., Bannikov, A.F. The first find of a spadefoot toad (Anura, Pelobatidae) in the Miocene of Moldova. Paleontol. J. 43, 433–437 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030109040121

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