Calyptocephalella sabrosa Muzzopappa et al. 2021 (helmeted water toad)

Amphibia - Salientia - Calyptocephalellidae

Full reference: P. Muzzopappa, A. G. Martinelli, J. P. Garderes and G. W. Rougier. 2021. Exceptional avian pellet from the Paleocene of Patagonia and description of its content: a new species of calyptocephalellid (Neobatrachia) anuran. Papers in Palaeontology 7(2):1133-1146

Belongs to Calyptocephalella according to P. Muzzopappa et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Calyptocephalella canqueli, Calyptocephalella gayi

Type specimen: MPEF 3003, a skeleton (Almost complete but disarticulated skeleton preserved in an avian gastric pellet). Its type locality is Punta Peligro, which is in a Danian mire/swamp claystone/conglomerate in the Salamanca Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Punta Peligro

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