†Prodiscoglossus Friant 1944 (painted frog)
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Amphibia - Salientia - Discoglossidae
Full reference: M. Friant. 1944. Caractères anatomiques d'un Batracien oligocène de la Limagne, le Prodiscoglossus Vertaizoni nov. gen. nov. sp. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 219:561-562
Parent taxon: Discoglossidae according to M. Friant 1944
See also Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Altanulia, Alytes, Aralobatrachus, Bakonybatrachus, Barbourula, Discoglossus, Enneabatrachus, Eodiscoglossus, Estesina, Itemirella, Kizylkuma, Latonia, Pelophilus, Procerobatrachus, Saevesoederberghia, Zaphrissa
Subtaxa: Prodiscoglossus vertaizoni
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: found only at Vertaizon (Oligocene of France)
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