Liaobatrachus zhaoi Dong et al. 2013 (frog)

Amphibia - Salientia

Full reference: L. Dong, Z. Roček, Y. Wang and M. E. H. Jones. 2013. Anurans from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group of Western Liaoning, China. PLoS One 8(7):e69723

Belongs to Liaobatrachus according to L. Dong et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Liaobatrachus beipiaoensis, Liaobatrachus grabaui, Liaobatrachus macilentus

Type specimen: IVPP V14979.1, a skeleton (Nearly complete, three-dimensionally preserved skeleton). Its type locality is Qianyangou, Lujiatun village, which is in a Barremian/Aptian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Qianyangou, Lujiatun village

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