Ostrombatrachos nodos 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

Belongs to Ostrombatrachos according to M. P. J. Oreska et al. 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 768869, a maxilla (R maxilla). Its type locality is USNM Loc. 42222, which is in an Aptian/Albian lacustrine claystone in the Cloverly Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at USNM Loc. 42222

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