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Palaeobatrachus

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Palaeobatrachidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Palaeobatrachus Tschudi
1982Palaeobatrachus Estes and Sanchíz p. 15
1988Palaeobatrachus Carroll
1998Palaeobatrachus Henrici p. 327
1998Palaeobatrachus Sanchiz
2006Palaeobatrachus Trueb and Báez p. 56
2008Palaeobatrachus Böhme p. 167
2008Palaeobatrachus Gardner p. 221
2008Palaeobatrachus Venczel and Stiuca p. 744 fig. 8
2013Palaeobatrachus Baez

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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()
XenoanuraSavage 1973
PipimorphaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyPalaeobatrachidaeCope 1865
genusPalaeobatrachusTschudi 1839

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.

G. †Palaeobatrachus Tschudi 1839
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Palaeobatrachus diluvianus Goldfuss 1831
Palaeobatrachus eurydices Villa et al. 2016
Palaeobatrachus laubei Bieber 1881
Palaeobatrachus luedecki Wolterstorff 1886
Palaeobatrachus occidentalis Estes and Sanchíz 1982
Palaeobatrachus robustus Hossini and Rage 2000
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lancian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 72.20000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) P. occidentalis (55363)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Barbourula sp. (14510 14519)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Barbourula sp. (14585)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) P. occidentalis (13142)
Puercan - Torrejonian66.0 - 60.9USA (Nevada) P. occidentalis (192239)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0France (Champagne-Ardenne) Discoglossidae indet. (87925)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Belgium P. grandipes (31748 183666)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Italy (Vicenza) P. sp. (84793)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3Germany (Bayern) P. sp. (91491)
MP 2333.9 - 27.3Switzerland (Canton Jura) P. diluvianus (183544)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westfalia) P. gigas, P. diluvianus (84606)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Bavaria) P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2, P. sp. 3 (84364)
MN 222.4 - 20.0France (Aquitaine) P. robustus (136755)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Germany (Hesse) P. robustus (228327)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Hungary (Nograd) P. sp. (167497 167509 167512)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Romania (Arad) P. hiri (135812)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Romania (Bihor) P. sp. (200051)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Hungary (Heves) P. hiri (168132)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Ukraine (Khmel'nitsk'yi) P. sp. (48446)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation (Adygea) P. sp. (196590 196591)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Heves) P. hiri (168191)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) P. sp. (75481)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Türkiye (Eskişehir) P. sp. (230657)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Netherlands (Limburg) P. eurydices (192405)