Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Eleutherodactylus

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Eleutherodactylidae

Taxonomy
Eleutherodactylus was named by Duméril and Bibron (1841). It is extant.

It was assigned to Leptodactylidae by Carroll (1988), Morgan (1994); to Telmatobiinae by Sanchiz (1998); and to Eleutherodactylidae by Blackburn et al. (2020).

Species
E. planirostris
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. augusti, E. johnstonei
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Mannion on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Eleutherodactylus Duméril and Bibron
1988Eleutherodactylus Carroll
1994Eleutherodactylus Morgan p. 467
1998Eleutherodactylus Sanchiz
2020Eleutherodactylus Blackburn et al. p. 2

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
suborderAnura()
familyEleutherodactylidaeLutz 1954
genusEleutherodactylusDuméril and Bibron 1841

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. Eleutherodactylus Duméril and Bibron 1841
show all | hide all
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 Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Puerto Rico E. sp. (144645)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Puerto Rico E. sp. (209088)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic E. sp. (75094)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Puerto Rico E. sp. (78300)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) E. augusti (76101)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) E. augusti (79632)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) E. sp. (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) E. planirostris (144649)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Jamaica E. sp. (215359)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) E. planirostris (210532 210533 210542)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda E. johnstonei (94615)