Alternative combination: Yizhoubatrachus macilentus
Full reference: K. -Q. Gao and S. Chen. 2004. A new frog (Amphibia: Anura) from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China. Cretaceous Research 25:761-769
Belongs to Liaobatrachus according to L. Dong et al. 2013
See also Gao and Chen 2004
Sister taxa: Liaobatrachus beipiaoensis, Liaobatrachus grabaui, Liaobatrachus zhaoi
Type specimen: M8621, Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, a skeleton (a nearly complete but compressed skeleton). Its type locality is Near Hejiaxin village, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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