Albionbatrachus

Albionbatrachus
Temporal range: Upper EoceneLower Miocene, 37.2–17 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Other species
  • A. oligocenicus Venczel, Codrea & Fărcaș, 2012

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]

  • Albionbatrachus oligocenicus[3]
  • Albionbatrachus wightensis[4]

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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