Amphibia - Salientia - Catostomidae
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 alienus, 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 serratus, Bufo spongifrons, Bufo suspectus, Bufo terrestris, Bufo tiheni, Bufo valentinensis, Bufo viridis, Bufo woodhousei
Type specimen: UMMVP 40139, a partial skull (right frontoparietal). Its type locality is Fox Canyon, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (3: Kansas, Nebraska collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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