†family Ceratophrynidae Tschudi 1838 (frog)

Amphibia - Salientia - Ceratophrynidae

Alternative spelling: Ceratophryinae

Parent taxon: Neobatrachia according to S. E. Evans et al. 2014

See also Baez and Peri 1990, Carroll 1988, Evans et al. 2008 and Sanchiz 1998

Sister taxa: Arariphrynus, Australobatrachia, Bufonidae, Ceratophryidae, Cratia, Eurycephalella, Heleophrynidae, Hungarobatrachus, Hyloidea, Mariliabatrachus, Primaevorana, Ranoidea, Sooglossidae, Telmatobiidae

Subtaxa: Ceratophrys Chacophrys Lepidobatrachus

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Bolivia (2), Brazil (1), Uruguay (1)

• Pliocene of Argentina (10)

• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 17 collections including 19 occurrences

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