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The Neotropical frog genus Leptodactylus is one of the most taxonomically diverse of all neobatrachian anurans. Despite the genus being highly diversified and widely distributed today, the fossil record is scanty and restricted to the Quaternary of the Neotropics. Here, we report and describe a new record of total group Leptodactylus from the Chapadmalalan (early Pliocene) of the South American Pampas. We evaluate both qualitative and quantitative characters and discuss the taxonomic value of body size in the context of living Leptodactylus. A number of features of the fossil elements suggests an affinity with the living species of the L. latrans species group and, particularly, with L. latrans. However, the lack of resolution of Leptodactylus interrelationships and, thus, the lack of osteological synapomorphies of the species groups and species within the genus conspire to force allocation of the fossils to crown Leptodactylus until they are studied in a rigorous phylogenetic context. In any case, the new material constitutes the oldest record of total group Leptodactylus and extends their stratigraphic range back to the early Pliocene. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Oldest record of Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826 (Anura, Leptodactylidae), from the early Pliocene of the South American Pampas
Autor:Gómez, R.O.; Ben, C.M.P.; Ignacio Stefanini, M.
Filiación:CONICET, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina
Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, 1428, Argentina
Palabras clave:body size; fossil assemblage; fossil record; frog; morphology; paleontology; phylogenetics; Pliocene; taxonomy; Argentina; Pampas
Año:2013
Volumen:33
Número:6
Página de inicio:1321
Página de fin:1327
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2013.771779
Título revista:Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
Título revista abreviado:J. Vertebr. Paleontol.
ISSN:02724634
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_02724634_v33_n6_p1321_Gomez

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Gómez, R.O., Ben, C.M.P. & Ignacio Stefanini, M. (2013) . Oldest record of Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826 (Anura, Leptodactylidae), from the early Pliocene of the South American Pampas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 33(6), 1321-1327.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2013.771779
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Gómez, R.O., Ben, C.M.P., Ignacio Stefanini, M. "Oldest record of Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826 (Anura, Leptodactylidae), from the early Pliocene of the South American Pampas" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33, no. 6 (2013) : 1321-1327.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2013.771779
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Gómez, R.O., Ben, C.M.P., Ignacio Stefanini, M. "Oldest record of Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826 (Anura, Leptodactylidae), from the early Pliocene of the South American Pampas" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 33, no. 6, 2013, pp. 1321-1327.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2013.771779
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Gómez, R.O., Ben, C.M.P., Ignacio Stefanini, M. Oldest record of Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826 (Anura, Leptodactylidae), from the early Pliocene of the South American Pampas. J. Vertebr. Paleontol. 2013;33(6):1321-1327.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2013.771779