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Bombinatoridae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bombinatoridae

Taxonomy
Bombinatoridae was named by Gray (1825). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Bombinatorinae by Sanchiz (1998).

It was assigned to Anura by Frank and Ramus (1996); to Discoglossidae by Sanchiz (1998); to Anuri by Hoegg et al. (2004); and to Discoglossoidea by Folie et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Bombinatoridae Gray
1996Bombinatoridae Frank and Ramus
1998Bombinatorinae Sanchiz
2004Bombinatoridae Hoegg et al. p. 1193
2013Bombinatoridae Folie et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
suborderDiscoglossoidea(Sokol 1977)
familyBombinatoridaeGray 1825
familyBombinatoridaeGray 1825

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. Bombinatoridae Gray 1825
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G. Bombina Oken 1816 [fire-bellied toad]
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Bombina bombina Linnaeus 1761 [European fire-bellied toad]
Bombina orientalis Boulenger 1890 [Oriental firebelly toad]
Bombina variegata Linnaeus 1758 [Yellowbelly toad]
G. †Eobarbourula Folie et al. 2013
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†Eobarbourula delfinoi Folie et al. 2013
G. †Hatzegobatrachus Venczel and Csiki 2003
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†Hatzegobatrachus grigorescui Venczel and Csiki 2003
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: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 70.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) Eodiscoglossus sp. (67817) Hatzegobatrachus grigorescui (193946)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Romania (Alba) Hatzegobatrachus grigorescui (115074)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Gujarat) Eobarbourula delfinoi (55494)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) Bombina sp. (42594)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Moldova Bombina sp. (152254)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation (Adygea) Bombina bombina (196591)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Bombina sp. (75481)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Burgenland) Bombina bombina (37789)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Hungary (North Hungary) Bombina sp. (136067)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Italy (Verona) Bombina sp. (206747)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Greece (Serres) Bombina sp. (205075)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) Bombina sp. (35371)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Netherlands (Limburg) Bombina sp. (192405)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary (Barany) Bombina sp. (35459)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania (Ilfov) Bombina sp. (230700)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Bombina sp. (36706)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Barany) Bombina sp. (35467 35468)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland Bombina sp. (33976)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Italy (Veneto) Bombina sp. (193569 193570)