Amphibia - Salientia - Leiopelmatidae
Synonym: Ascaphidae Fejérváry 1923
Parent taxon: Anuri according to C. Gissi et al. 2006
See also Carroll 1988, Estes 1964, Frank and Ramus 1996, Gao and Wang 2001 and Sanchiz 1998
Sister taxa: Acosmanura, Allophyrnidae, Alytidae, Archaeobatrachia, Arthroleptidae, Bissektia, Bufoniformia, Centrolenidae, Comobatrachus, Comobatrachus aenigmatis, Costata, Diacium unipedalis, Discoglossidae, Discoglossoidea, Electrorana, Eleutherodactylidae, Eoanura, Eobatrachus, Eobatrachus agilis, Epicria, Gansubatrachus, Gastrechmia, Genibatrachus, Gobiatidae, Hemisotidae, Hensonbatrachus, Hyperoliidae, Jeholobatrachus, Lalagobatrachia, 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: Ascaphus Leiopelma Leiopelmatinae
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Miocene of New Zealand (3)
Total: 4 collections including 7 occurrences