Albionbatrachus
Appearance
Albionbatrachus Temporal range: Upper Eocene–Lower Miocene,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | †Palaeobatrachidae |
Genus: | †Albionbatrachus Meszoely, Špinar and Ford, 1984 |
Type species | |
†Albionbatrachus wightensis Meszoely, Špinar and Ford, 1984
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Other species | |
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Albionbatrachus is an extinct genus of prehistoric frogs from England and Romania. Two species are recognized:[1] While previously synonymised with Palaeobatrachus, it is now considered a distinct palaeobatrachid genus based on characters of the frontoparietals.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Martín, C.; Sanchiz, B. (2014). "Albionbatrachus". Lisanfos KMS. Version 1.2. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, MNCN-CSIC, Madrid (Spain). Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ Roček, Zbyněk; Boistel, Renaud; Lenoir, Nicolas; Mazurier, Arnaud; Pierce, Stephanie E.; Rage, Jean-Claude; Smirnov, Sergei V.; Schwermann, Achim H.; Valentin, Xavier; Venczel, Márton; Wuttke, Michael; Zikmund, Tomáš (November 2015). "Frontoparietal Bone in Extinct Palaeobatrachidae (Anura): Its Variation and Taxonomic Value: FRONTOPARIETAL IN EXTINCT PALAEOBATRACHID FROGS". The Anatomical Record. 298 (11): 1848–1863. doi:10.1002/ar.23203. PMID 26235188. S2CID 30748485.
- ^ Venczel, Márton, Vlad Codrea & Cristina Fărcaș, 2012: A new palaeobatrachid frog from the early Oligocene of Suceag, Romania. Journal of systematic palaeontology, 11(2): 179–189. doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.671790.
- ^ C. A. M. Meszoely, Z. V. Spinar, and R. L. E. Ford. 1984. A new palaeobatrachid frog from the Eocene of the British Isles. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 3(3):143-147