Miopelodytes Taylor 1941 (parsley frog)

Amphibia - Salientia - Pelodytidae

Full reference: E. H. Taylor. 1941. A new anuran from the middle Miocene of Nevada. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 27(4):61-69

Parent taxon: Pelodytidae according to A.C. Henrici 1994

See also Carroll 1988, Sanchiz 1998 and Taylor 1941

Sister taxa: Pelodytes, Tephrodytes

Subtaxa: Miopelodytes gilmorei

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Type: Miopelodytes gilmorei

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Miopelodytes type locality (Miocene of Nevada)

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