Superfamily Hyloidea Ford and Cannatella 1993 (frog)

Amphibia - Salientia

Parent taxon: Neobatrachia according to S. Hoegg et al. 2004

See also Agnolin 2012, Evans et al. 2008, Farman et al. 2025 and Sanchiz 1998

Sister taxa: Arariphrynus, Australobatrachia, Bufonidae, Ceratophryidae, Ceratophrynidae, Cratia, Eurycephalella, Heleophrynidae, Hungarobatrachus, Mariliabatrachus, Primaevorana, Ranoidea, Sooglossidae, Telmatobiidae

Subtaxa: Beelzebufo Hylidae Leptodactylidae Myobatrachidae Pelodryadidae

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Antigua and Barbuda (1 collection), Australia (3), the Bahamas (8), Bolivia (1), Cayman Islands (2), Croatia (1), France (4), Germany (1), Greece (1), Italy (4), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Mexico (2), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (2), Romania (1), Spain (6), the United Kingdom (4), United States (38: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)

• MN 16 of Italy (1)

• Villafranchian of Italy (1)

• Pliocene of Argentina (2), Greece (3), Italy (1), Morocco (1)

• Turolian of Greece (2)

• Hemphillian of United States (4: Arizona, Nebraska)

• Miocene of Argentina (3), Australia (2), Austria (1), Germany (1), Hungary (9), Italy (6), Moldova (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (1), Ukraine (1), United States (17: Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas)

• Oligocene of Argentina (1), Australia (1), Germany (1)

• Eocene of Argentina (1), Australia (1), Canada (1: Saskatchewan), France (1)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Peru (1)

• Paleocene of Bolivia (1), United States (1: Nevada)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: Nevada)

• Cretaceous of India (3), Madagascar (27), United States (1: Wyoming)

Total: 184 collections including 236 occurrences

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