Scotiophryne pustulosa Estes 1969 (frog)

Amphibia - Salientia

Full reference: R. Estes. 1969. A new fossil discoglossid frog from Montana and Wyoming. Breviora 328:1-7

Belongs to Scotiophryne according to J. D. Gardner 2008

See also Bryant 1989, Estes 1969, Estes and Berberian 1970, Estes and Sanchíz 1982 and Sanchiz 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCZ 3623, a limb element (ilium). Its type locality is Bug Creek Anthills, which is in a Maastrichtian coarse channel fill sandstone in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (15: Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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