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Ranoidea

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Ranoidea was named by Rafinesque (1814). It is extant.

It was assigned to Neobatrachia by Sanchiz (1998), Hoegg et al. (2004); and to Anura by de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Ranoidea Rafinesque
1998Ranoidea Sanchiz
2004Ranoidea Hoegg et al. p. 1192
2020Ranoidea de Lapparent de Broin et al. p. 411

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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)
superfamilyRanoideaRafinesque 1814
superfamilyRanoideaRafinesque 1814

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.

Superfm. Ranoidea Rafinesque 1814
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Fm. Mantellidae Laurent 1946
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G. Laliostoma Glaw et al. 1998
Fm. Microhylidae Günther 1858
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Subfm. Asterophryinae Gunther 1858
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G. †Australobatrachus Tyler 1976
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Subfm. Microhylinae Gunther 1858
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G. Gastrophryne Fitzinger 1843
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Gastrophryne carolinensis Holbrook 1835 [Eastern narrowmouth toad]
G. Microhyla Tschudi 1838
G. Scaphiophryne Boulenger 1882
Fm. Ranidae Rafinesque 1814
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G. †Asphaerion von Meyer 1847
G. Chaparana Smith 1922 [Asian frogs]
G. Conraua Nieden 1908 [Slippery frogs]
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Conraua goliath Boulenger 1906 [Giant slippery frog]
Subfm. Dicroglossinae Anderson 1871
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G. Limnonectes Fitzinger 1843
G. Pelophylax Fitzinger 1843
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Pelophylax perezi Frost et al. 2006
G. Platymantis Günther 1858
G. Ptychadena Boulenger 1917
G. Rana Linnaeus 1758
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Rana arborea Linnaeus 1758
Rana bufo Linnaeus 1758
Rana catesbeiana Shaw 1802 [American bullfrog]
Rana clamitans Latreille 1801
Rana cultripes Tschudi 1838
Rana dalmatina Bonaparte 1839
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Invalid names: Rana agiloides Brunner 1951 [synonym], Rana muelleri Brunner 1959 [synonym]
Rana macrocnemis Boulenger 1885
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†Rana macrocnemis angeloi Bogachev 1927
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Invalid names: Rana kisatibensis Riabinin 1927 [objective synonym]
Rana pipiens Schreber 1782 [Northern leopard frog]
†Rana pliocenica Zweifel 1954
Rana punctata Daudin 1802
Rana sylvatica LeConte 1825
Rana temporaria Linnaeus 1758 [common frog]
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Invalid names: Rana mehelyi Bolkay 1911 [synonym]
Invalid names: Anchylorana Taylor 1942 [synonym], Anchylorana dubita Taylor 1942 [nomen vanum], Anchylorana moorei Taylor 1942 [nomen vanum], Anchylorana robustocondyla Taylor 1942 [nomen vanum], Rana basaltica Young 1936 [nomen dubium], Rana bucella Holman 1965 [nomen dubium], Rana fayeae Taylor 1942 [nomen dubium], Rana johnsoni La Rivers 1953 [nomen dubium], Rana meriani Meyer 1853 [nomen dubium], Rana miocenica Holman 1965 [nomen dubium], Rana parvissima Taylor 1942 [nomen vanum], Rana pueyoi Longinos Navás 1922 [nomen dubium], Rana quellembergi Longinos Navás 1922 [nomen dubium], Rana rexroadensis Taylor 1942 [nomen dubium]
Invalid names: Raninae [empty]
Fm. Rhacophoridae Hoffman 1932 [moss frog]
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Subfm. Buergeriinae Channing 1989
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G. Buergeria Tschudi 1838
G. †Indorana Folie et al. 2013
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†Indorana prasadi Folie et al. 2013
G. Ranomorphus Ratnikov 1993
Subfm. Rhacophorinae Hoffman 1932
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G. Rhacophorus Kuhl and van Hasselt 1822
Invalid names: Ptychadenidae Dubois 1987 [empty]
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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Coniacian to the top of the Holocene or 89.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.6 Ma

Collections (388 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Niger (Tahoua) Ranidae indet. (48867)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Ranoidea indet. (27014)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Gujarat) Ranidae indet. (180565) Ranidae indet., Indorana prasadi (55494)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Algeria (Bechar region) Ranoidea indet. (77014)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Rana carbonicola (13322)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Namibia (Sperrgebiet) R. taxon 1, R. taxon 2, R. taxon 3, Ranoidea indet. (65159) R. taxon 3, Ranoidea indet. (114539)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy) Ranidae indet. (12850)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Ranidae indet. (12843 12849 12852)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3Germany (Bayern) Rana sp. (91491)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Rana aquensis (113682)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Tanzania (Mbeya) Ptychadenidae indet. (167429 167432)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Australia (South Australia) Australobatrachus ilius (28194)
MP 2627.3 - 23.04France (Gard) Pelophylax sp. (172927)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Ranidae indet. (71942)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Bavaria) Rana sp. (84364)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westfalia) Rana noeggerathi, Rana meriani (84606)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Türkiye Rana sp. (123307)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Kazakhstan Rana sp. (64355)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Spain (Castile-La Mancha) Rana sp. (136269)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) Rana pliocenica (19370)