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Latonia gigantea

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)249806https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=249806
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Anura : Latonia : Latonia gigantea
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
genusLatoniavon Meyer 1843
speciesLatonia giganteaLartet 1851
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Latonia giganteaspeciesbelongs to Ranastated without evidenceLartet, 1851
Latonia giganteaspeciesbelongs to Latoniastated without evidenceSanchiz, 1998
Latonia giganteaspeciesbelongs to LatoniaimpliedVenczel and Stiuca, 2008
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)
Dietcarnivore (based on Temnospondyli)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. Venczel and E. Stiuca. 2008. Late middle Miocene amphibians and squamate reptiles from Taut, Romania. Geodiversitas 30(4):731-763

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1851Latonia gigantea Lartet
1851Rana gigantea Lartet
1851Rana sansaniensis Lartet
1913Rana batthyanyi Bolkay
1987Latonia feifari Hodrová
1998Latonia gigantea Sanchiz
2008Latonia gigantea Venczel and Stiuca p. 741 figs. 6, 7
2010Latonia gigantea Böhme p. 13

References

Venczel M., Stiuca E. (2008) Late middle Miocene amphibians and squamate reptiles from Taut, Romania, Geodiversitas 30 4, 731-763
Bolkay S. (1913) Additions to the Fossil Herpetology of Hungary from the Pannonian and Preglacial Periode, Mitteilungen aus dem Jahrbuche der Kgl. Ungarischen Geologischen Reichsanstalt XXI 7, 216-230
Sanchiz B. (1998) Salientia, Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie 4
Böhme M. (2010) Ectothermic vertebrates (Actinopterygii, Allocaudata, Urodela, Anura, Crocodylia, Squamata) from the Miocene of Sandelzhausen (Germany, Bavaria) and their implications for environment reconstruction and palaeoclimate, Paläontologische Zeitschrift 84 1, 3-41 doi:10.1007/s12542-010-0050-4
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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