Family Pelodytidae Cope 1866 (parsley frog)
Amphibia - Salientia - Pelodytidae
Parent taxon: Pelobatoidea according to J. Chen et al. 2016
See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, Gao and Wang 2001, Henrici 1994, Henrici 2009, Henrici and Haynes 2006, Hoegg et al. 2004 and Sanchiz 1998
Sister taxa: Megophryidae, Pelobatidae, Scaphiopodidae
Subtaxa: Miopelodytes Pelodytes Tephrodytes
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), France (6), the Netherlands (1), Spain (10), the United Kingdom (1)
• Miocene of Germany (1), Hungary (2), United States (1: Nevada)
• Arikareean of United States (3: Montana)
• Eocene of France (3)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence