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Theatonius

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)37482https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37482
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Anura : Theatonius
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
genusTheatoniusFox 1976
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Theatoniusgenusbelongs to Anurastated without evidenceEstes and Sanchíz, 1982
Theatoniusgenusbelongs to RanidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Theatoniusgenusbelongs to Salientiastated without evidenceSanchiz, 1998
Theatoniusgenusbelongs to Anurastated with evidenceGardner, 2008
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance83.5 - 70.6 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. C. Fox. 1976. An edentulous frog (Theatonius lancensis, new genus and species) from the Upper Cretaceous Lance Formation of Wyoming. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 13(10):1486-1490

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

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

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1976Theatonius Fox
1982Theatonius Estes and Sanchíz p. 18
1988Theatonius Carroll
1998Theatonius Sanchiz
2008Theatonius Gardner p. 226

References

Fox R. C. (1976) An edentulous frog (Theatonius lancensis, new genus and species) from the Upper Cretaceous Lance Formation of Wyoming, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 13 10, 1486-1490
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
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
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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