Green toad inhabited Iberian Peninsula one million years ago
PhysOrg.com [USA], March 31, 2011
Although the green toad (Bufo viridis) can today be found all over
Central Europe, Asia, Africa, and even on the Balearic Islands, it
became extinct in the Iberian Peninsula at the end of the Early
Pleistocene (1.1 million years ago). This has been demonstrated by an
international research study, with Spanish participation, which has
discovered the first green frog fossil in Murcia. Analysis of fossils
found in the Cueva Victoria deposit in Cartagena (Murcia), has for the
first time confirmed the presence of the green toad (Bufo viridis) in
south eastern Spain at the end of the Early Pleistocene (more than 1.1
million years ago), in the provinces of Granada, Murcia and
Castellón.
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-03-green-toad-inhabited-iberian-peninsula.html
Also:
Pictures: New Dinosaur, Crocodile Cousin Found in Brazil
National Geographic News, March 30, 2011
The nearly complete skull of a new species of ancient crocodile cousin
has been found in Brazil, paleontologists say. The animal is what's
called a crocodyliform, part of a group known as the crocodilians that
includes modern-day alligators, caimans, and more. Dubbed Pepesuchus
deiseae, the new species lived between 99 million to 65 million years
ago during the late Cretaceous period. Brazilian National Museum
paleontologists recently found a skull and jawbone of the crocodile
cousin at a fossil site in São Paulo state.
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