Oldest record of Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826 (Anura, Leptodactylidae), from the early Pliocene of the South American Pampas

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...

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Autores principales:	Pérez Ben, Celeste, Stefanini, Manuel Ignacio
Publicado:	2013
Materias:	body size fossil assemblage fossil record frog morphology paleontology phylogenetics Pliocene taxonomy Argentina Pampas
Acceso en línea:	https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_02724634_v33_n6_p1321_Gomez http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_02724634_v33_n6_p1321_Gomez
Aporte de:	Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA) de Universidad de Buenos Aires

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spelling	paper:paper_02724634_v33_n6_p1321_Gomez2023-06-08T15:25:13Z Oldest record of Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826 (Anura, Leptodactylidae), from the early Pliocene of the South American Pampas Pérez Ben, Celeste Stefanini, Manuel Ignacio body size fossil assemblage fossil record frog morphology paleontology phylogenetics Pliocene taxonomy Argentina Pampas 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. Fil:Ben, C.M.P. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Ignacio Stefanini, M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2013 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_02724634_v33_n6_p1321_Gomez http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_02724634_v33_n6_p1321_Gomez
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topic	body size fossil assemblage fossil record frog morphology paleontology phylogenetics Pliocene taxonomy Argentina Pampas
spellingShingle	body size fossil assemblage fossil record frog morphology paleontology phylogenetics Pliocene taxonomy Argentina Pampas Pérez Ben, Celeste Stefanini, Manuel Ignacio Oldest record of Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826 (Anura, Leptodactylidae), from the early Pliocene of the South American Pampas
topic_facet	body size fossil assemblage fossil record frog morphology paleontology phylogenetics Pliocene taxonomy Argentina Pampas
description	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.
author	Pérez Ben, Celeste Stefanini, Manuel Ignacio
author_facet	Pérez Ben, Celeste Stefanini, Manuel Ignacio
author_sort	Pérez Ben, Celeste
title	Oldest record of Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826 (Anura, Leptodactylidae), from the early Pliocene of the South American Pampas
title_short	Oldest record of Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826 (Anura, Leptodactylidae), from the early Pliocene of the South American Pampas
title_full	Oldest record of Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826 (Anura, Leptodactylidae), from the early Pliocene of the South American Pampas
title_fullStr	Oldest record of Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826 (Anura, Leptodactylidae), from the early Pliocene of the South American Pampas
title_full_unstemmed	Oldest record of Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826 (Anura, Leptodactylidae), from the early Pliocene of the South American Pampas
title_sort	oldest record of leptodactylus fitzinger, 1826 (anura, leptodactylidae), from the early pliocene of the south american pampas
publishDate	2013
url	https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_02724634_v33_n6_p1321_Gomez http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_02724634_v33_n6_p1321_Gomez
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Oldest record of Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826 (Anura, Leptodactylidae), from the early Pliocene of the South American Pampas

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