†Pachycentrata taqueti Báez and Rage 1998 (clawed frog)
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Amphibia - Salientia - Pipidae
Alternative combination: Pachybatrachus taqueti
Full reference: A. M. Báez and J.-C. Rage. 1998. Pipid frogs from the Upper Cretaceous of In Beceten, Niger. Palaeontology 41(4):669-691
Belongs to Pachycentrata according to A. M. Báez and T. Harrison 2005
See also Báez and Rage 1998
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNHN-IBC 1404, a partial skull (braincase and otic capsules). Its type locality is In Becetèn, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian fluvial-lacustrine shale/sandstone in the Inbeceten Formation of Niger.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: found only at In Becetèn
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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