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Latonia gigantea

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae

Taxonomy
Latonia gigantea was named by Lartet (1851) [but not as a species of the genus Latonia]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Rana gigantea by Lartet (1851).

Synonyms
  • Latonia feifari was named by Hodrová (1987). It is not extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Latonia gigantea by Böhme (2010).
  • Rana batthyanyi was named by Bolkay (1913). Its type specimen is MNH Budapest (no catalogue number given), a set of postcrania (fragments of maxilla and ilia (7)), and it is a 3D body fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Latonia gigantea by Sanchiz (1998).
  • Rana sansaniensis was named by Lartet (1851) ["A right maxillary fragment was found in the old Lartet collection labelled as '7. Rana sansaniensis,' which might perhaps be considered the holotype" [Sanchiz, 1998:124]]. Its type specimen is MNHN (presumably lost) and is a 3D body fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Latonia gigantea by Sanchiz (1998).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Latonia gigantea Lartet
1851Rana gigantea Lartet
1851Rana sansaniensis Lartet
1913Rana batthyanyi Bolkay
1987Latonia feifari Hodrová
1998Latonia gigantea Sanchiz
2008Latonia gigantea Venczel and Stiuca p. 741 figs. 6, 7
2010Latonia gigantea Böhme p. 13

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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()
familyDiscoglossidaeGünther 1859
genusLatoniavon Meyer 1843
speciesgiganteaLartet 1851

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.

†Latonia gigantea Lartet 1851
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Invalid names: Latonia feifari Hodrová 1987 [synonym], Rana batthyanyi Bolkay 1913 [synonym], Rana sansaniensis Lartet 1851 [synonym]
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 16.90000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) Latonia gigantea (199780 199781 199782)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Latonia gigantea (69098)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Greece (Thrace) Latonia gigantea (69435)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Latonia gigantea (34615 134954)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Bavaria) Latonia gigantea (205187)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Latonia gigantea (175727)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Romania (Bihor) Latonia gigantea (200044)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Hungary (Nograd) Latonia gigantea (167497 167509 167512)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Romania (Bihor) Latonia gigantea (200051)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Hungary (Heves) Latonia gigantea (168132 168164)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Romania (Arad) Latonia gigantea (135812)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) Latonia gigantea (206345)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Heves) Latonia gigantea (168177 168187 168189 168190 168191)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Latonia gigantea (75481)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Burgenland) Latonia gigantea (37789)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Hungary (North Hungary) Latonia gigantea (136066 136067 136068)