Amphibia - Salientia - Gobiatidae
Full reference: Z. V. Spinar and L. P. Tatarinov. 1986. A new genus and species of discoglossid frog from the Upper Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 6(2):113-122
Parent taxon: Gobiatidae according to Z. Roček 2008
See also Carroll 1988, Ročec and Nessov 1993, Sanchiz 1998, Shishkin 2000 and Spinar and Tatarinov 1986
Sister taxa: Cretasalia, Gobiatoides
Subtaxa: Gobiates asiaticus Gobiates bogatchovi Gobiates dzhyrakudukensis Gobiates fritschi Gobiates furcatus Gobiates khermeentsavi Gobiates kizylkumensis Gobiates leptocolaptus Gobiates sosedkoi Gobiates spinari Gobiates tatarinovi
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (1 collection), Mongolia (4), United States (2: Texas), Uzbekistan (6)
Total: 13 collections including 26 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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