Amphibia - Salientia - Leiopelmatidae
Full reference: T. H. Worthy, A. J. D. Tennyson, R. B. Scofield and S. J. Hand. 2013. Early Miocene fossil frogs (Anura: Leiopelmatidae) from New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 43(4):211-230
Belongs to Leiopelma according to T. H. Worthy et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Leiopelma acricarina, Leiopelma auroraensis, Leiopelma hamiltoni, Leiopelma hochstetteri, Leiopelma markhami, Leiopelma waitomoensis
Type specimen: NMNZ S.52919, a partial skeleton (Partial right ilium). Its type locality is HH1b Home Hills Station (H41/f90), which is in an Altonian lacustrine - large sandstone in the Bannockburn Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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