Indobatrachus pusillus Owen 1847

Amphibia - Salientia - Calyptocephalellidae

Alternative combinations: Oxyglossus pusillus, Rana pusilla

Full reference: R. Owen. 1847. On the Batracholites, indicative of a small species of frog (Rana pusilla, Ow). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 3(1):224-225

Belongs to Indobatrachus according to G. K. Noble 1930

See also Owen 1847 and Verma 1965

Sister taxa: Indobatrachus malabaricus, Indobatrachus trivalis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Island of Bombay, which is in a Paleocene fluvial-lacustrine shale in India

Distribution: found only at Island of Bombay

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