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Ceratophrynidae
Taxonomy
Ceratophrynidae was named by Tschudi (1838). It is not extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Ceratophryinae by Baez and Peri (1990), Sanchiz (1998) and Evans et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Anura by Carroll (1988); to Leptodactylidae by Baez and Peri (1990) and Sanchiz (1998); to Hyloidea by Evans et al. (2008); and to Neobatrachia by Evans et al. (2014).
It was reranked as the subfamily Ceratophryinae by Baez and Peri (1990), Sanchiz (1998) and Evans et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Anura by Carroll (1988); to Leptodactylidae by Baez and Peri (1990) and Sanchiz (1998); to Hyloidea by Evans et al. (2008); and to Neobatrachia by Evans et al. (2014).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Ceratophrynidae Tschudi |
| 1988 | Ceratophrynidae Carroll |
| 1990 | Ceratophryinae Baez and Peri p. 379 |
| 1998 | Ceratophryinae Sanchiz |
| 2008 | Ceratophryinae Evans et al. p. 2951 |
| 2014 | Ceratophrynidae Evans et al. |
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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.
Fm. †Ceratophrynidae Tschudi 1838
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G. Ceratophrys Wied 1824 [South American horned frog]
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†Ceratophrys prisca Ameghino 1899
†Ceratophrys sagani Barcelos et al. 2020
G. Chacophrys Reig and Limeses 1963 [escuercito]
G. Lepidobatrachus Budgett 1899 [Budgett's frog]
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†Lepidobatrachus dibumartinez Turazzini and Gómez 2023
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.0 Ma
Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huayquerian | Argentina (La Pampa) | Lepidobatrachus sp. (151500) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Argentina (Mendoza) | Lepidobatrachus dibumartinez (200118) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Ceratophrys sp. (191768 191769 191770) | |
| Montehermosan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Ceratophrys ameghinorum (152084 152088 198863) Ceratophrys ameghinorum, Lepidobatrachus laevis (152081 152085) Ceratophrys sp. (152062 152064) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Bolivia (Tarija ) | Ceratophrys sp. (70673) | |
| Lujanian | Uruguay | Ceratophrys sp. (212684) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (São Paulo) | Ceratophrys sagani (67858) | |
| Holocene | Bolivia (Chuquisaca) | Ceratophrys ornata (70705) |