Amphibia - Salientia - Ranidae
Full reference: I. La Rivers. 1966. A new frog from the Nevada Pliocene. Biological Society of Nevada, Occasional Papers (11)6-8
Belongs to Rana according to I. La Rivers 1966
Sister taxa: Anchylorana dubita, Anchylorana moorei, Anchylorana robustocondyla, Rana arborea, Rana basaltica, Rana bucella, Rana bufo, Rana catesbeiana, Rana clamitans, Rana cultripes, Rana dalmatina, Rana fayeae, Rana johnsoni, Rana macrocnemis, Rana meriani, Rana miocenica, Rana parvissima, Rana pipiens, Rana pliocenica, Rana pueyoi, Rana punctata, Rana quellembergi, Rana rexroadensis, Rana sylvatica, Rana temporaria
Type specimen: BSN 44A, a skeleton. Its type locality is Eagle-Picher Mine Diatomite workings, which is in a Miocene terrestrial diatomite in Nevada.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: found only at Eagle-Picher Mine Diatomite workings
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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