Shomronella Estes et al. 1978 (clawed frog)

Amphibia - Salientia - Pipidae

Full reference: R. Estes, Z. V. Spinar, and E. Nevo. 1978. Early Cretaceous pipid tadpoles from Israel (Amphibia: Anura). Herpetologica 34(4):374-393

Parent taxon: Pipidae according to R. Estes et al. 1978

See also Sanchiz 1998

Sister taxa: Kuruleufenia, Llankibatrachus, Oumtkoutia, Pipinae, Rocekophryne, Xenopodinae, Xenopus

Subtaxa: Shomronella jordanica

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wadi el Malih (Cretaceous of Israel)

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