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Bufo calamita

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae

Taxonomy
Bufo calamita was named by Cope (1864). It is extant.

It was recombined as Epidalea calamita by Cope (1864), Frost et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1768Bufo calamita Laurenti
1864Bufo calamita Cope
1864Epidalea calamita Cope
2006Epidalea calamita Frost et al.
2009Bufo calamita Blain et al.

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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
genusBufoLaurenti 1768
speciescalamita

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.

Bufo calamita Cope 1864
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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: Kiessling 2004, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Midi-Pyrenees) Bufo calamita (35076)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117France (Herault) Bufo calamita (49054)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Spain (Castilla-Leon) Bufo calamita (34920)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Bufo calamita (122802)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Spain (Villaverde) Bufo calamita (206172)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) Bufo calamita (34870)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Hautes Pyrenees) Bufo calamita (195241)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Castilla-Leon) Bufo calamita (34924 34925)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Aquitaine Region) Bufo calamita (36758)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Bufo calamita (84938)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Palencia) Bufo calamita (205284)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Limousin Region) Bufo calamita (195221)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Malaga) Bufo calamita (195564)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Bufo calamita (195119)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain Bufo calamita (34926)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Herault) Bufo calamita (195242)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Correze) Bufo calamita (195244)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Bufo calamita (93805 125437)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Sussex) Bufo calamita (195208)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Haute-Pyrenees) Bufo calamita (125313)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Bufo calamita (125321)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France Bufo calamita (195240 195248 195249)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (East Cheshire) Bufo calamita (195220)