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Rhinella arenarum

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae

Taxonomy
Rhinella arenarum was named by Hensel (1867). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. pisanoi, R. schneideri, R. spinulosa

Synonyms
  • Bufo pisanoi was named by Casamiquela (1967). Its type specimen is NVL 2197, a partial skeleton (nearly complete left frontoparietal, 7th presacral vertebra, 8th and 9th (sacral) vertebrae, partial right femur), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cascada Grande, which is in a Messinian/Zanclean terrestrial horizon in the Irene Formation of Argentina.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Rhinella arenarum by Pérez Ben et al. (2014).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Rhinella arenarum Hensel
1967Bufo pisanoi Casamiquela

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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
suborderAnura()
—Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
familyBufonidaeGray 1825
genusRhinellaFitzinger 1826
speciesarenarumHensel 1867

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.

Rhinella arenarum Hensel 1867
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Invalid names: Bufo pisanoi Casamiquela 1967 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chapadmalalan to the top of the Zanclean or 3.80000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) Bufo pisanoi (196694)
Chapadmalalan3.8 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Bufo pisanoi (197964)
Chapadmalalan3.8 - 3.0Argentina (Córdoba) Rhinella arenarum (197905)