Lepidobatrachus dibumartinez Turazzini and Gómez 2023 (Budgett's frog)

Amphibia - Salientia - Ceratophrynidae

Full reference: G. F. Turazzini and R. O. Gómez. 2023. A new old Budgett frog: an articulated skeleton of an Early Pliocene Lepidobatrachus (Anura, Ceratophryidae) from western Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Belongs to Lepidobatrachus according to G. F. Turazzini and R. O. Gómez 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IANIGLA-PV 112, a partial skeleton (partial articulated skeleton including part of the skull and most of the postcranium)

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Huayquerías del Este (Tunuyán Fm) (Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina)

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