Amphibia - Salientia - Pelobatidae
Alternative spelling: Scaphiopus (Spea)
Synonyms: Neoscaphiopus Taylor 1942, Scaphiopus (Neoscaphiopus) Taylor 1942
Parent taxon: Pelobatidae according to A. C. Henrici 2009
See also Baez 2013, Cope 1875, Estes and Tihen 1964, Henrici 1994, Henrici and Haynes 2006, Tihen 1960 and Zweifel 1956
Sister taxa: Elkobatrachus, Enigmatosaurus, Eopelobates, Leptobrachium, Macropelobates, Miopelobates, Pelobates, Pelobatinae, Scaphiopus, Uldzinia
Subtaxa: Scaphiopus (Spea) alexanderi Spea bombifrons Spea diversus Spea hammondii Spea intermontana Spea multiplicata Spea neuter Spea pliobatrachus Spea studeri
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (20: Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico collections)
• Blancan of United States (2: Kansas)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Kansas)
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (6: Montana, Nebraska, Nevada)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Oligocene of United States (1: South Dakota)
Total: 33 collections including 35 occurrences
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