Telmatobius achachila Gómez et al. 2024 (water frog)

Amphibia - Salientia - Telmatobiidae

Full reference: R. O. Gómez, T. Ventura, G. F. Turazzini, L. Marivaux, R. A. Flores, A. Boscaini, M. Fernández-Monescillo, B. M. Quispe, M. B. Prámparo, S. Fauquette, C. Martin, P. Münch, F. Pujos and P.-O. Antoine. 2024. A new early water frog (Telmatobius) from the Miocene of the Bolivian Altiplano. Papers in Palaeontology (e1543)1-25

Belongs to Telmatobius according to R. O. Gómez et al. 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN-Bol-V 012795, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Achiri ACH-14, which is in a Serravallian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Mauri Formation of Bolivia.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Achiri ACH-14

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