Eophractus Schaeffer 1949 (frog)

Amphibia - Salientia - Leptodactylidae

Full reference: B. Schaeffer. 1949. Anurans from the early Tertiary of Patagonia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 93(2):44-68

Parent taxon: Leptodactylidae according to B. Schaeffer 1949

Sister taxa: Eorubeta, Estesiella, Eupsophus, Eusophus, Geocrinia, Lechriodus, Leptodactylinae, Limnodynastes, Neoprocoela, Ranidella, Syrrhophus, Syrrhopus, Telmatobiinae

Subtaxa: Eophractus casamayorensis

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Type: Eophractus casamayorensis

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at "Bird Clay" (Eocene of Argentina)

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