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Ranidae
Taxonomy
Ranidae was named by Rafinesque (1814) [also attributed to Gray 1825]. It is extant. Its type is Rana.
It was assigned to Raniformia by Cope (1875); to Firmisternia by Gadow (1898); to Salientia by Hay (1902); to Displasiocoela by Kuhn (1946); to Anura by Carroll (1988) and Shoshani et al. (1989); to Anuri by Holman et al. (1990); to Neobatrachia by Gissi et al. (2006); to Anura by Frank and Ramus (1996) and Böhme (2008); to Anura by Venczel and Stiuca (2008), Böhme (2010) and Vianey-Liaud et al. (2014); and to Ranoidea by Sanchiz (1998), Hoegg et al. (2004) and de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Raniformia by Cope (1875); to Firmisternia by Gadow (1898); to Salientia by Hay (1902); to Displasiocoela by Kuhn (1946); to Anura by Carroll (1988) and Shoshani et al. (1989); to Anuri by Holman et al. (1990); to Neobatrachia by Gissi et al. (2006); to Anura by Frank and Ramus (1996) and Böhme (2008); to Anura by Venczel and Stiuca (2008), Böhme (2010) and Vianey-Liaud et al. (2014); and to Ranoidea by Sanchiz (1998), Hoegg et al. (2004) and de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2020).
Subtaxa
Asphaerion, Chaparana, Conraua, Dicroglossinae, Pelophylax, Platymantis, Ptychadena, Rana (syn. Anchylorana) (type genus), Raninae
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1814 | Ranidae Rafinesque |
| 1875 | Ranidae Cope p. 7 |
| 1898 | Ranidae Gadow p. 16 |
| 1902 | Ranidae Hay p. 425 |
| 1946 | Ranidae Kuhn p. 54 |
| 1988 | Ranidae Carroll |
| 1989 | Ranidae Shoshani et al. p. 436 |
| 1990 | Ranidae Holman et al. p. 524 |
| 1996 | Ranidae Frank and Ramus |
| 1998 | Ranidae Sanchiz |
| 2004 | Ranidae Hoegg et al. p. 1192 |
| 2006 | Ranidae Gissi et al. p. 231 |
| 2008 | Ranidae Böhme p. 167 |
| 2008 | Ranidae Venczel and Stiuca p. 750 |
| 2010 | Ranidae Böhme p. 17 |
| 2014 | Ranidae Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 570 |
| 2020 | Ranidae de Lapparent de Broin et al. p. 411 |
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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.
Fm. Ranidae Rafinesque 1814
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G. †Asphaerion von Meyer 1847
G. Chaparana Smith 1922 [Asian frogs]
G. Platymantis Günther 1858
G. Ptychadena Boulenger 1917
G. Rana Linnaeus 1758
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Rana arborea Linnaeus 1758
Rana bufo Linnaeus 1758
Rana catesbeiana Shaw 1802 [American bullfrog]
Rana cultripes Tschudi 1838
Rana dalmatina Bonaparte 1839
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Invalid names: Rana agiloides Brunner 1951 [synonym], Rana muelleri Brunner 1959 [synonym]
Rana macrocnemis Boulenger 1885
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†Rana macrocnemis angeloi Bogachev 1927
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Invalid names: Rana kisatibensis Riabinin 1927 [objective synonym]
Rana pipiens Schreber 1782 [Northern leopard frog]
†Rana pliocenica Zweifel 1954
Rana punctata Daudin 1802
Invalid names: Anchylorana Taylor 1942 [synonym], Anchylorana dubita Taylor 1942 [nomen vanum], Anchylorana moorei Taylor 1942 [nomen vanum], Anchylorana robustocondyla Taylor 1942 [nomen vanum], Rana basaltica Young 1936 [nomen dubium], Rana bucella Holman 1965 [nomen dubium], Rana fayeae Taylor 1942 [nomen dubium], Rana johnsoni La Rivers 1953 [nomen dubium], Rana meriani Meyer 1853 [nomen dubium], Rana miocenica Holman 1965 [nomen dubium], Rana parvissima Taylor 1942 [nomen vanum], Rana pueyoi Longinos Navás 1922 [nomen dubium], Rana quellembergi Longinos Navás 1922 [nomen dubium], Rana rexroadensis Taylor 1942 [nomen dubium]
Invalid names: Raninae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Coniacian to the top of the Holocene or 89.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.6 Ma
Collections (376 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian | Niger (Tahoua) | Ranidae indet. (48867) | |
| Ypresian | India (Gujarat) | Ranidae indet. (55494 180565) | |
| Lutetian | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Rana carbonicola (13322) | |
| Priabonian | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) | Ranidae indet. (12843 12849 12852) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | France (Quercy) | Ranidae indet. (12850) | |
| MP 22 | Germany (Bayern) | Rana sp. (91491) | |
| MP 26 | France (Gard) | Pelophylax sp. (172927) | |
| MP 28 | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Ranidae indet. (71942) | |
| MP 30 | Germany (Bavaria) | Rana sp. (84364) | |
| MP 30 | Germany (North Rhine-Westfalia) | Rana noeggerathi, Rana meriani (84606) | |
| Chattian | France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) | Rana aquensis (113682) | |
| Aquitanian | Turkey | Rana sp. (123307) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Kazakhstan | Rana sp. (64355) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Spain (Castile-La Mancha) | Rana sp. (136269) | |
| Miocene | USA (California) | Rana pliocenica (19370) | |
| Miocene | USA (Louisiana) | Ranidae indet. (163851 163852) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Jiangsu) | Rana sp. (41813 43400) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | Rana basaltica (41810) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Rana ridibunda (69098) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Thailand | Ranidae indet. (48126) | |