Family Alytidae Fitzinger 1843 (midwife toads)

Amphibia - Salientia - Alytidae

Alternative spelling: Alytinae

Parent taxon: Anura according to F. de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2020

See also Georgalis et al. 2016, Hugues-Alexandre et al. 2013, Sanchiz 1998 and Vianey-Liaud et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Acosmanura, Allophyrnidae, Archaeobatrachia, Arthroleptidae, Bissektia, Bufoniformia, Centrolenidae, Comobatrachus, Comobatrachus aenigmatis, Costata, Diacium unipedalis, Discoglossidae, Discoglossoidea, Electrorana, Eleutherodactylidae, Eoanura, Eobatrachus, Eobatrachus agilis, Epicria, Gastrechmia, Genibatrachus, Gobiatidae, Hemisotidae, Hensonbatrachus, Hyperoliidae, Jeholobatrachus, Lalagobatrachia, Latonia, Leiopelmatidae, Liaobatrachus, Mesobatrachia, Montsechobatrachus, Montsechobatrachus gaudryi, Neobatrachia, Neusibatrachus, Odontaglossa, Odontophrynidae, Opisthocoela, Opisthocoelellus, Palaeobatrachoidea, Paradiscoglossus, Pelobatoidea, Phaneroglossa, Pipoidea, Proanura, Pseudidae, Raniformia, Rhinodermatidae, Scaphiophryninae, Scotiophryne, Sunnybatrachus, Thaumastosaurus, Theatonius, Tregobatrachidae, Tyrrellbatrachus, Varibatrachus, Vieraella, Vieraellidae, Wealdenbatrachus, Xenoanura

Subtaxa: Discoglossinae Paralatonia

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Afghanistan (1 collection), Greece (1), Italy (1), Morocco (1)

• Oligocene of France (2)

• Eocene of France (1)

• Cretaceous of Romania (11), Spain (1)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Morocco (1)

Total: 20 collections including 22 occurrences

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