Cratia

Cratia; Temporal range: Aptian; ~112 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Suborder:	Neobatrachia
Genus:	Cratia; Báez et al. 2009
Species
	C. gracilis Báez et al. 2009 (type);

Cratia is an extinct frog which existed in Brazil during the Early Cretaceous (Aptian). Fossils were discovered in and named after the Crato Formation.^[1] It was named by Ana M. Báez, Geraldo J.B. Moura and Raúl O. Gómez in 2009, and the type species is Cratia gracilis.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Ana M. Báez; Geraldo J.B. Moura & Raúl O. Gómez (2009). "Anurans from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of northeastern Brazil: implications for the early divergence of neobatrachians". Cretaceous Research. 30 (4): 829–846. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2009.01.002.

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