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Extinct genus of amphibians

Lithobatrachus
Temporal range: Oligocene, 28.4–23.03 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Genus: †Lithobatrachus
Parker, 1929
Type species
†Hyla europaea
Noble, 1928

Lithobatrachus is an extinct genus of prehistoric amphibian. It was described in 1929 by Hampton Wildman Parker based on a poorly preserved specimen that was first described as Hyla europaea by Gladwyn Kingsley Noble the year before. The two engaged in a debate whether the new genus was warranted. It might belong to the family Palaeobatrachidae, but this remains ambiguous.

See also

References

  1. ^ "†Lithobatrachus". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. Parker, H.W. (1929). "Two fossil frogs from the Lower Miocene of Europe". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10. 4 (21): 270–281. doi:10.1080/00222932908673051.
  3. "†Hyla europaea Noble 1928". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. ^ Wuttke, Michael; Přikryl, Tomáš; Ratnikov, Viacheslav Yu.; Dvořák, Zdeněk & Roček, Zbyněk (2012). "Generic diversity and distributional dynamics of the Palaeobatrachidae (Amphibia: Anura)". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 92 (3): 367–395. Bibcode:2012PdPe...92..367W. doi:10.1007/s12549-012-0071-y.
  5. Parker, H. W. (1929). "The status of the extinct frog, Lithobatrachus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10. 6 (32): 201–205. doi:10.1080/00222933.1930.11070798.
Taxon identifiers
Lithobatrachus


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