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Bufo spongifrons

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae

Taxonomy
Bufo spongifrons was named by Tihen (1962). Its type specimen is USNM 22234, a partial skull (left frontoparietal), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry E, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Ogallala Formation of Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Bufo spongifrons Tihen p. 35 fig. 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
suborderAnura()
Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
familyBufonidaeGray 1825
genusBufoLaurenti 1768
speciesspongifrons

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Bufo spongifrons Tihen 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Blancan or 9.40000 to 1.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Kansas) Bufo spongifrons (type locality: 277339)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Nebraska) Bufo spongifrons (19954)