Bufo alienus Tihen 1962 (toad)

Amphibia - Salientia - Bufonidae

Full reference: J. A. Tihen. 1962. A Review of New World Fossil Bufonids. American Midland Naturalist 68(1):1-50

Belongs to Bufo according to J. A. Tihen 1962

Sister taxa: Bufo alvarius, Bufo americanus, Bufo bufo, Bufo calamita, Bufo campi, Bufo cognatus, Bufo defensor, Bufo hibbardi, Bufo holmani, Bufo kuhrei, Bufo linquensis, Bufo marinus, Bufo melanostictus, Bufo nestor, Bufo obstetricans, Bufo pliocompactilis, Bufo praevius, Bufo quercicus, Bufo repentinus, Bufo rexroadensis, Bufo serratus, Bufo spongifrons, Bufo suspectus, Bufo terrestris, Bufo tiheni, Bufo valentinensis, Bufo viridis, Bufo woodhousei

Type specimen: USNM 22233, a set of postcrania (right ilium). Its type locality is Quarry E, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Ogallala Formation of Kansas.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Quarry E

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