Parent taxon: Anura according to K.-Q. Gao and Y. Wang 2001
See also Böhme 2002, Böhme 2010, Carroll 1988, Sanchiz 1998, Venczel and Stiuca 2008 and Vianey-Liaud et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Acosmanura, Allophyrnidae, Alytidae, Archaeobatrachia, Arthroleptidae, Bissektia, Bufoniformia, Centrolenidae, Comobatrachus, Comobatrachus aenigmatis, Costata, Diacium unipedalis, Discoglossidae, Discoglossoidea, Electrorana, Eleutherodactylidae, Eoanura, Eobatrachus, Eobatrachus agilis, Epicria, Gastrechmia, Genibatrachus, Gobiatidae, Hemisotidae, Hensonbatrachus, Hyperoliidae, Jeholobatrachus, Lalagobatrachia, Leiopelmatidae, Liaobatrachus, Mesobatrachia, Montsechobatrachus, Montsechobatrachus gaudryi, Neobatrachia, Neusibatrachus, Odontaglossa, Odontophrynidae, Opisthocoela, Opisthocoelellus, Palaeobatrachoidea, Paradiscoglossus, Pelobatoidea, Phaneroglossa, Pipoidea, Proanura, Pseudidae, Raniformia, Rhinodermatidae, Scaphiophryninae, Scotiophryne, Sunnybatrachus, Thaumastosaurus, Theatonius, Tregobatrachidae, Tyrrellbatrachus, Varibatrachus, Vieraella, Vieraellidae, Wealdenbatrachus, Xenoanura
Subtaxa: Latonia gigantea Latonia ragei Latonia seyfriedi
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Germany (1 collection), Greece (11), Hungary (3), Turkey (1)
• Miocene of Austria (5), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), France (3), Germany (10), Greece (9), Hungary (11), Italy (8), Moldova (1), Poland (2), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Spain (4), Turkey (4), Ukraine (1)
Total: 82 collections including 85 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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