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Palaeobatrachus âśť

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)37447https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37447
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Anura : Palaeobatrachidae : Palaeobatrachus
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
-XenoanuraSavage 1973
-PipimorphaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyPalaeobatrachidaeCope 1865
genusPalaeobatrachusTschudi 1839
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Palaeobatrachusgenussubjective synonym of Megalichthysstated without evidenceCope and Matthew, 1915
Palaeobatrachusgenusbelongs to Palaeobatrachidaestated without evidenceEstes and SanchĂ­z, 1982
Palaeobatrachusgenusbelongs to PalaeobatrachidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Palaeobatrachusgenusbelongs to Palaeobatrachidaestated with evidenceHenrici, 1998
Palaeobatrachusgenusbelongs to Palaeobatrachidaestated without evidenceSanchiz, 1998
Palaeobatrachusgenusbelongs to Palaeobatrachidaestated with evidenceTrueb and Báez, 2006
Palaeobatrachusgenusbelongs to PalaeobatrachidaeimpliedBöhme, 2008
Palaeobatrachusgenusbelongs to Palaeobatrachidaestated with evidenceGardner, 2008
Palaeobatrachusgenusbelongs to Palaeobatrachidaestated without evidenceBaez, 2013
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance2.59 - 0.78 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)
Dietcarnivore (based on Temnospondyli)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Palaeobatrachus eurydices âśť
species
listed (PBDB)12.59 Ma
Pleistocene
2.59 Ma
Pleistocene
Palaeobatrachus occidentalis âśť
species
listed (PBDB)672.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Palaeobatrachus robustus âśť
species
listed (PBDB)122.4 Ma
Miocene
22.4 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1839Palaeobatrachus Tschudi
1982Palaeobatrachus Estes and SanchĂ­z p. 15
1988Palaeobatrachus Carroll
1998Palaeobatrachus Henrici p. 327
1998Palaeobatrachus Sanchiz
2006Palaeobatrachus Trueb and Báez p. 56
2008Palaeobatrachus Böhme p. 167
2008Palaeobatrachus Gardner p. 221
2008Palaeobatrachus Venczel and Stiuca p. 744 fig. 8
2013Palaeobatrachus Baez

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Estes R., SanchĂ­z 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
Henrici A. C. (1998) A new pipoid anuran from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation at Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18 2, 321-332
Sanchiz B. (1998) Salientia, Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie 4
Trueb L., Báez A. M. (2006) Revision of the Early Cretaceous Cordicephalus from Israel and an assessment of its relationships among pipoid frogs, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 1, 44-59
Böhme M. (2008) Ectothermic vertebrates (Teleostei, Allocaudata, Urodela, Anura, Testudines, Choristodera, Crocodylia, Squamata) from the Upper Oligocene of Oberleichtersbach (Northern Bavaria, Germany), Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 260, 161-183
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
Venczel M., Stiuca E. (2008) Late middle Miocene amphibians and squamate reptiles from Taut, Romania, Geodiversitas 30 4, 731-763
Baez A. M. (2013) Anurans from the Early Cretaceous Lagerstätte of Las Hoyas, Spain: New evidence on the Mesozoic diversification of crown-clade Anura, Cretaceous Research 41, 90-106 doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.11.002
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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