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Myobatrachidae
| Description | Myobatrachidae, commonly known as Australian ground frogs or Australian water frogs, is a family of frogs found in Australia and New Guinea. Members of this family vary greatly in size, from species less than 1.5Â cm (0.59Â in) long, to the second-largest frog in Australia, the giant barred frog (Mixophyes iteratus), at 12Â cm (4.7Â in) in length. The entire family is either terrestrial or aquatic frogs, with no arboreal species. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myobatrachidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Anura : Myobatrachidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Myobatrachidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Australian Froglet, Australian Froglets, Australian Frogs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myobatrachidae |
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Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Arenophryne genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Assa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Crinia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Geocrinia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Metacrinia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mixophyes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Myobatrachus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paracrinia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Phryniscus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudophryne genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Rheobatrachus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Spicospina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taudactylus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Uperoleia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Rheobatrachidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Anura : Rheobatrachidae |
References
| Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Frost, Darrel R., 1997: null. Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
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!
