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First fossil discoglossinae (Anura) from the Siwaliks of the Indian Subcontinent

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Author Affiliations

  • 1 Post Graduate Department of Geology, University of Jammu, Jammu 180 006, INDIA

Int. Res. J. Earth Sci., Volume 2, Issue (8), Pages 1-6, September,25 (2014)

Abstract

A fossil amphibian, Discoglossinae indet. is described from the Middle Miocene Lower Siwalik deposits exposed near Ramnagar town in Jammu and Kashmir. Discoglossinae indet. is reported for the first time not only from the Lower Siwalik deposits of Jammu but from the entire Siwalik Group of the Indian subcontinent.

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