Cordicephalus gracilis Nevo 1968 (frog)

Amphibia - Salientia

Synonym: Cordicephalus longicostatus Nevo 1968

Full reference: E. Nevo. 1968. Pipid frogs from the early Cretaceous of Israel and pipid evolution. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 136(80):255-318

Belongs to Cordicephalus according to L. Trueb and A. M. Báez 2006

See also Nevo 1968 and Sanchiz 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Cordicephalus gracilis: HUJZ F165a,b, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton). Its type locality is Amphibian Hill, which is in a Berriasian/Aptian lacustrine - small siltstone in the Hatira Formation of Israel.
  • Cordicephalus longicostatus: HUJZ F171a,b, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton). Its type locality is Amphibian Hill, which is in a Berriasian/Aptian lacustrine - small siltstone in the Hatira Formation of Israel.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Amphibian Hill

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