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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2024

A cretaceous frog with eggs from northwestern China provides fossil evidence for sexual maturity preceding skeletal maturity in anurans.

Baoxia Du, Jing Zhang, Raúl Orencio Gómez, Liping Dong, Mingzhen Zhang, Xiangtong Lei, Aijing Li, Shuang Dai

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Baoxia DuSchool of Earth Sciences and Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources in Western China (Gansu Province), Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-9410-5895
Jing ZhangSchool of Earth Sciences and Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources in Western China (Gansu Province), Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China.
Raúl Orencio GómezLaboratorio de Morfología Evolutiva y Paleobiología de Vertebrados, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C1428EGA, Argentina.
Liping DongKey Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origin of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-9152-0359
Mingzhen ZhangNorthwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources, Lanzhou, Gansu Province 730000, People's Republic of China.
Xiangtong LeiYunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology, Institute of Palaeontology, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan Province 650000, People's Republic of China.
Aijing LiSchool of Earth Sciences and Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources in Western China (Gansu Province), Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China.
Shuang DaiSchool of Earth Sciences and Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources in Western China (Gansu Province), Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China.
Lanzhou University · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNUniversidad de Buenos Aires · ARYunnan University · CN

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central UniversitiesNational Natural Science Foundation of ChinaSecond Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mesozoic fossils of frogs are rare in the palaeontological record, particularly those exhibiting soft tissues that offer limited insights into early life-history characteristics. Here we report on a skeletally immature frog from the Lower Cretaceous of northwest China, with egg masses in the body and eggs in the oviduct, indicative of a gravid female. CT reconstruction of the specimen allows referral to

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FossilsLife History TraitsAnimalsAnuraChinaFemalePaleontologyPhylogenyAnuraEarly CretaceousGansubatrachusnorthwest Chinasexual maturation

Identifiers

PMID38320608
PMCPMC10846944
OpenAlexW4391872867

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