Ostrombatrachos Oreska et al. 2024 (frogs and relatives)

Amphibia - Salientia

Full reference: M. P. J. Oreska, D. G. Demar, J. D. Gardner and M. T. Carrano. 2024. Vertebrate paleontology of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous), IV: the oldest edentulous frog (Salientia) from Laurasia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 44(1):e2399102:1-17

Parent taxon: Salientia according to M. P. J. Oreska et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Anura, Czatkobatrachus, Lutetiobatrachus, Notobatrachidae, Notobatrachus, Triadobatrachus

Subtaxa: Ostrombatrachos nodos

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Type: Ostrombatrachos nodos

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at USNM Loc. 42222 (Cretaceous of Wyoming)

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