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Sunnybatrachus

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Sunnybatrachus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Berriasian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Genus: Sunnybatrachus
Evans & McGowan, 2002
Species:
S. purbeckensis
Binomial name
Sunnybatrachus purbeckensis
Evans & McGowan, 2002

Sunnybatrachus is a genus of extinct frog that lived during the Berriasian epoch of the Early Cretaceous of England. The only known material, including the holotype ilium as well as bones of the skull, vertebral column, forelimb, pelvis, and hindlimb was named Sunnybatrachus purbeckensis by Susan E. Evans and Gerard J. McGowan in 2002. The species name describes the Purbeck Limestone Group, while the genus name is for the Sunnydown Farm locality of the Lulworth Formation, where the fossils were found.[1]

References

  1. ^ Evans, S.E.; McGowan, G.J. (2002). "Lissamphibian remains from the Purbeck Limestone Group, southern England". In Milner, A.R.; Batten, D.J. (eds.). Life and Environments in Purbeck Times. Vol. 68. pp. 103–119. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)