Gansubatrachus qilianensis Zhang et al. 2023 (frog)

Amphibia - Salientia

Full reference: J. Zhang, L. Dong, B. Du, A. Li, X. Lei, M. Zhang, S. Wang, G. Ma, and J. Hui. 2023. First fossil evidence for a new frog from the Early Cretaceous of the Jiuquan Basin, Gansu Province, north-western China. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 21(1)

Belongs to Gansubatrachus according to J. Zhang et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: JQ-HX-QW-01, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Yumen City, Jiuquan, which is in an Albian/Albian lacustrine - large shale in the Zhonggou Formation of China.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Yumen City, Jiuquan

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