Amphibia - Salientia - Pipidae

Full reference: R. Estes. 1975. Xenopus from the Palaeocene of Brazil and its zoogeographic importance. Nature 254:48-50

Belongs to Xenopus according to B. Sanchiz 1998

See also Estes 1975

Sister taxa: Xenopus arabiensis, Xenopus boiei, Xenopus hasaunus, Xenopus laevis, Xenopus muelleri, Xenopus stromeri, Xenopus wittei

Type specimen: DGM 568, a partial skull (braincase and sphenethmoid region of skull). Its type locality is Companhia National de Cimento Portland Quarry, which is in a Paleocene/Eocene fissure fill limestone in Brazil.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Companhia National de Cimento Portland Quarry

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.