Amphibia - Salientia - Pelobatidae
Full reference: R. G. Zweifel. 1956. Two pelobatid frogs from the Tertiary of North America and their relationships to fossil and recent forms. American Museum Novitates 1762:1-45
Belongs to Eopelobates according to R. G. Zweifel 1956
Sister taxa: Eopelobates anthracinus, Eopelobates bayeri, Eopelobates hiuschei, Eopelobates wagneri
Type specimen: Princeton University No. 16441, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton lacking only some skull and distal limb bones). Its type locality is Divide between West Fork and Main Fork of Indian Creek, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Chadron Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: South Dakota collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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