†Prosalirus bitis Shubin and Jenkins 1995 (frogs and relatives)
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Amphibia - Salientia - Notobatrachidae
Full reference: N. H. Shubin and F. A. Jenkins. 1995. An Early Jurassic jumping frog. Nature 377:49-52
Belongs to Prosalirus according to N. H. Shubin and F. A. Jenkins 1995
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNA V 8725, a partial skeleton (associated cranial and postcranial remains of at least two individuals). Its type locality is Gold Spring Quarry 1 (MNA, MCZ, TMM 45609), which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian floodplain claystone in the Kayenta Formation of Arizona.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: found only at Gold Spring Quarry 1 (MNA, MCZ, TMM 45609)
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