Inbecetenanura ragei Lemierre et al. 2023 (frog)

Amphibia - Salientia

Full reference: A. Lemierre, S. Bailon, A. Folie and M. Laurin. 2023. A new pipid from the Cretaceous of Africa (In Becetèn, Niger) and early evolution of the Pipidae. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 21(1):2266428

Belongs to Inbecetenanura according to A. Lemierre et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN.F.IBC 1602, a partial skull (braincase with otic capsules). Its type locality is In Becetèn, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian fluvial-lacustrine shale/sandstone in the Inbeceten Formation of Niger.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at In Becetèn

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