Uberabatrachus carvalhoi Báez et al. 2012 (frog)

Amphibia - Salientia - Ceratophryidae

Full reference: A. M. Báez, R. O. Gómez, L. C. B. Ribeiro, A. G. Martinelli, V. P. A. Teixeira and M. L. F. Ferraz. 2012. The diverse Cretaceous neobatrachian fauna of South America: Uberabatrachus carvalhoi, a new frog from the Maastrichtian Marília Formation, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gondwana Research 22:1141-1150

Belongs to Uberabatrachus according to S. E. Evans et al. 2014

See also Báez et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CPPLIP 1115, a partial skeleton (Partial skeleton lacking the forelimbs and most of the hind limbs, exposed mainly in ventral view). Its type locality is Sierra do Veadinho, Uberaba, which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone/siltstone in the Serra da Galga Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sierra do Veadinho, Uberaba

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