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Hungarobatrachus szukacsi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Hungarobatrachus szukacsi was named by Szentesi and Venczel (2010). Its type specimen is MTM V2008.16.1, a limb element (Incomplete right ilium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Iharkút mine, Bakony mountains (Unit 1), which is in a Santonian crevasse splay claystone/sandstone in the Csehbánya Formation of Hungary. It is the type species of Hungarobatrachus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Hungarobatrachus szukacsi Szentesi and Venczel p. 293

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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()
Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
genusHungarobatrachus
speciesszukacsi

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.

Hungarobatrachus szukacsi Szentesi and Venczel 2010
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Z. Szentesi and M. Venczel 2010A middle-sized anuran, with estimated snoutvent length of 50-60 mm, differing from all other anurans in the following two autapomorphies: (1) iliac crest heavily built, extremely tall (i.e. about 2.5 times higher than iliac shaft), and sculptured laterally by longitudinal grooves and bony ridges that anastomose posteriorly; (2) interiliac tubercle huge and medially bears an extensive sutural surface developed at the level of the preacetabular region.
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

Age range: Santonian or 86.30000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Hungary (Veszprém) Anura indet. (type locality: 48722)