Hyla cf. arborea (Linnaeus, 1758)
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4665621 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D08790-FFD7-FFFB-5649-A264FD345390 |
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Felipe |
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Hyla cf. arborea |
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Hyla cf. arborea View in CoL ( Fig. 11 View FIG A-C)
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — One prearticular ( ISER Tt-0410), five ilia ( ISER Tt-0411/1-5).
DESCRIPTION
Prearticular
The bone is faintly S-shaped with both the anterior and posterior margins broken off. The coronoid process is elongated, relatively narrow and provided with
small tubercles on its medial margin ( Fig. 11C View FIG ).
Late middle Miocene amphibians and reptiles from Taut,, Romania
Ilium
The supraacetabular region of the ilium is distinctly smaller than the preacetabular region ( Fig. 11A, B View FIG ). The tuber superior, of roughly oval shape, is prominent and projects laterally. The iliac shaft is curved ventrally and strongly compressed mediolaterally; the iliac crest is reduced to a faint ridge.
REMARKS
The assignment of the above remains to Hyla cf. arborea is based on their close resemblance with those of Recent species. On the other hand, H. arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) may be easily distinguished from H. meridionalis Boettger, 1874 by the morphology of the ilium, in the latter the iliac tuber superius having a rounded shape ( Holman 1992). More-
over, the spread of H. meridionalis in southwestern
Venczel M. & Ştiucă E.
Europe may have happened rather recently ( Recuero et al. 2007).
The oldest fossils referable with some doubts to Hylidae are known from the Maastrichtian of India ( Prasad & Rage 1995, 2004), while the first record of the genus Hyla in Europe is from the late early Miocene (MN 4) of Austria ( Sanchiz 1998a). Several fossils from the late middle Miocene (MN 7) of Mátraszőlős, Hungary were already assigned to H. cf. arborea by Venczel (2004).
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Institutul Speologie Emil G. Racovita |
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