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   An early Pliocene (5.1 Ma) fossil frog community from Langebaanweg, south-western Cape, South Africa

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Thalassa Matthews --- , South Africa Eduard van Dijk --- , South Africa Dave L. Roberts --- , South Africa Roger M.H. Smith --- , South Africa

   The 5.1 million year old fossil site of Langebaanweg (LBW) has provided a wealth of information on the evolution of west coast ecosystems along the southern west coast of South Africa and numerous taxa, including small and large mammals, and...

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   A new anuran genus from the fossil sites of Langebaanweg and Cooper’s Cave, South Africa

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Thalassa Matthews --- Iziko Museums of South Africa, South Africa Christine Steininger --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

   Enigmatic frog ilia were recovered from two geographically and temporally disparate fossil sites in South Africa, namely the Early Pliocene (5.1 Ma) fossil site of Langebaanweg (south-western Cape), and Cooper’s Cave D (Northern province), which dates to around 1.38 Ma...

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