First fossil frog from Antarctica: implications for Eocene high latitude climate conditions and Gondwanan cosmopolitanism of Australobatrachia

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Mörs, Thomas, REGUERO, MARCELO A., VASILYAN, Davit
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Enheten för paleobiologi 2020
• Subjects: Anura; frogs; Eocene; Antarctica; Palaeoclimate; Natural Sciences; Naturvetenskap; Other Earth and Related Environmental Sciences; Annan geovetenskap och miljövetenskap; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Seymour; Seymour Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-3858; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61973-5

Cenozoic ectothermic continental tetrapods (amphibians and reptiles) have not been documented previously from Antarctica, in contrast to all other continents. Here we report a fossil ilium and an ornamented skull bone that can be attributed to the Recent, South American, anuran family Calyptocephale...