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Gastrophryne

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Microhylidae

Taxonomy
Gastrophryne was named by Fitzinger (1843). It is extant.

It was assigned to Microhylidae by Lynch (1965), Carroll (1988); and to Microhylinae by Sanchiz (1998).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Gastrophryne Fitzinger
1965Gastrophryne Lynch p. 73
1988Gastrophryne Carroll
1998Gastrophryne Sanchiz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
suborderAnura()
Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
superfamilyRanoideaRafinesque 1814
familyMicrohylidaeGünther 1858
subfamilyMicrohylinaeGunther 1858
genusGastrophryneFitzinger 1843

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. Gastrophryne Fitzinger 1843
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Gastrophryne carolinensis Holbrook 1835 [Eastern narrowmouth toad]
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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 2.58000 to 0.01400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) G. carolinensis (20384)
Middle Pleistocene (glacial)0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Microhyla carolinensis (75974)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) G. carolinensis (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Microhyla carolinensis (20638)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) G. carolinensis (20573) Microhyla carolinensis (20650)