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Notobatrachus reigi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Notobatrachus reigi was named by Báez and Nicoli (2008). Its type specimen is MPEF 3006, a partial skeleton (impressions of several bones of several skeletal (cranial and postcranial) regions), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Zitarrosa Site, which is in a Toarcian/Bajocian lacustrine siltstone in the Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Notobatrachus reigi Báez and Nicoli p. 373

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
genusNotobatrachusReig 1956
speciesreigi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Notobatrachus reigi Báez and Nicoli 2008
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. M. Báez and L. Nicoli 2008Species of Notobatrachus that differs from N. degiustoi in having a complete maxillary arch by the presence of an ossified quadratojugal and lacking teeth at least on at least the posterior two-thirds of the maxilla.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Toarcian or 180.10000 to 175.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian - Aalenian182.7 - 170.3Argentina (Chubut) Notobatrachus reigi (211359)
Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Argentina (Chubut) Notobatrachus reigi (67434)
Late/Upper Toarcian - Early/Lower Bajocian180.1 - 168.4Argentina (Chubut) Notobatrachus reigi (type locality: 92115)