Baurubatrachus pricei Báez and Perí 1989 (frog)

Amphibia - Salientia - Calyptocephalellidae

Full reference: A. M. Báez and S. Perí. 1989. Baurubatrachus pricei, nov. gen. et sp., un anuro del Cretacico Superior de Minas Gerais, Brazil [Baurubatrachus pricei, nov. gen. et sp., a frog from the Upper Cretaceous of Minas Gerais, Brazil]. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 61(4):447-458

Belongs to Baurubatrachus according to A. M. Báez and R. O. Gómez 2018

See also Báez and Perí 1989 and Evans et al. 2014

Sister taxon: Baurubatrachus santosdoroi

Type specimen: Div. Geol. Min. 1412-R, A & B, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Manoel Mendes, Uberaba (BR-262, km 3.3), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Serra da Galga Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Manoel Mendes, Uberaba (BR-262, km 3.3)

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