Palaeobatrachus Tschudi 1839 (frog)

Amphibia - Salientia - Palaeobatrachidae

Parent taxon: Palaeobatrachidae according to J. D. Gardner 2008

See also Baez 2013, Böhme 2008, Carroll 1988, Cope and Matthew 1915, Estes and Sanchíz 1982, Henrici 1998, Sanchiz 1998, Trueb and Báez 2006 and Venczel and Stiuca 2008

Sister taxa: Albionbatrachus, Messelobatrachus, Pliobatrachus

Subtaxa: Palaeobatrachus diluvianus Palaeobatrachus eurydices Palaeobatrachus grandipes Palaeobatrachus laubei Palaeobatrachus luedecki Palaeobatrachus occidentalis Palaeobatrachus robustus

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Netherlands (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Turkey (1)

• Miocene of France (1), Germany (1), Hungary (6), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (2), Ukraine (1)

• Oligocene of Belgium (2), Germany (3), Italy (1), Switzerland (1)

• Paleocene of France (1), United States (1: Nevada)

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta), United States (4: Montana, Wyoming)

Total: 29 collections including 32 occurrences

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