Avitabatrachus uliana Báez et al. 2000 (frog)

Amphibia - Salientia

Full reference: A. M. Báez, L. Trueb, and J. O. Calvo. 2000. The earliest known pipoid frog from South America: a new genus from the Middle Cretaceous of Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):490-500

Belongs to Avitabatrachus according to A. M. Báez et al. 2000

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MUCPv 123, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is El Gigante, which is in a Cenomanian fluvial sandstone in the Candeleros Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at El Gigante

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