Rocekophryne ornata Rage et al. 2021 (clawed frog)

Amphibia - Salientia - Pipidae

Full reference: J. -C. Rage, M. Adaci, M. Bensalah, M. Mahboubi, L. Marivaux, F. Mebrouk, and R. Tabuce. 2021. Latest Early-early Middle Eocene deposits of Algeria (Glib Zegdou, HGL50), yield the richest and most diverse fauna of amphibians and squamate reptiles from the Palaeogene of Africa. Palaeovertebrata 44(1):e1

Belongs to Rocekophryne according to J. -C. Rage et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UM/HGL50- 489 (The posterior half of a frontoparietal). Its type locality is Gour Lazib HGL50, which is in a Ypresian/Lutetian terrestrial sandstone in the Glib Zegdou Formation of Algeria.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gour Lazib HGL50

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