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Extinct genus of amphibians

Shelania
Temporal range: Ypresian-Bartonian (Mustersan)
~48.6–40.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pipidae
Genus: †Shelania
Casamiquela 1960
Species
  • †S. laurenti Baez & Pugener 1998
  • †S. pascuali Casamiquela 1960 (type)

Shelania is an extinct genus of prehistoric frogs that lived in South America during the Eocene. Its type species is Shelania pascuali. Fossils of Shelania have been found in the Mustersan Vaca Mahuida and Laguna del Hunco Formations of Argentina. Shelania is the type taxon of the Shelaniinae, which was erected for an unranked clade (defined in the context of phylogenetic nomenclature, although not in conformity with the PhyloCode, which was implemented later) that also includes the early anurans Saltenia, Kuruleufenia, and Patagopipa. A more recent phylogenetic analysis further suggested that Shelania is more closely related to Pipidae than to Palaeobatrachus, and that the second species previously attributed to Shelania (S. laurenti) is not sufficiently closely related to the type-species to be retained in Shelania.


See also

References

  1. "†Shelania Casamiquela 1960". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. Rolando, Alexis M. Aranciaga; Agnolin, Federico L.; Corsolini, Julián (October 2019). "A new pipoid frog (Anura, Pipimorpha) from the Paleogene of Patagonia. Paleobiogeographical implications". Comptes Rendus Palevol (in French). 18 (7): 725–734. Bibcode:2019CRPal..18..725R. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2019.04.003.
  3. Lemierre, Alfred; Bailon, Salvador; Folie, Annelise; Laurin, Michel (January 2023). "A new pipid from the Cretaceous of Africa (In Becetèn, Niger) and early evolution of the Pipidae". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 21 (1). Bibcode:2023JSPal..2166428L. doi:10.1080/14772019.2023.2266428. ISSN 1477-2019.
Taxon identifiers
Shelania


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