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Paradiscoglossus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)92263https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=92263
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Anura : Paradiscoglossus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-Temnospondyli
-Lissamphibia
-Batrachia
orderSalientiaLaurenti 1768
orderAnura
genusParadiscoglossusEstes and Sanchíz 1982
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Paradiscoglossusgenusbelongs to Discoglossidaestated without evidenceEstes and Sanchíz, 1982
Paradiscoglossusgenusbelongs to Discoglossinaestated without evidenceSanchiz, 1998
Paradiscoglossusgenusbelongs to Anurastated without evidenceGardner, 2008
Paradiscoglossusgenusmisspelling of Paradiscoglossusstated with evidenceCarrano, 2020
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)
Dietcarnivore (based on Temnospondyli)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Estes and B. Sanchíz. 1982. New discoglossid and palaeobatrachid frogs from the Late Cretaceous of Wyoming and Montana, and a review of other frogs from the Lance and Hell Creek Formations. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(1):9-20

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Paradiscoglossus americanus
species
listed (PBDB)270.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1982Paradiscoglossus Estes and Sanchíz p. 10 figs. 1A-B, 2A-D, 3A-B
1998Paradiscoglossus Sanchiz
2008Paradiscoglossus Gardner p. 230

References

Estes R., Sanchíz B. (1982) New discoglossid and palaeobatrachid frogs from the Late Cretaceous of Wyoming and Montana, and a review of other frogs from the Lance and Hell Creek Formations, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2 1, 9-20
Sanchiz B. (1998) Salientia, Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie 4
Gardner J. D. (2008) New information on frogs (Lissamphibia: Anura) from the Lance Formation (Maastrichtian) and Bug Creek Anthills (late Maastrichtian and early Paleocene), Hell Creek Formation, USA, Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography, 219-249
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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