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Gigantobatrachus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Calyptocephalellidae

Taxonomy
Gigantobatrachus was named by Casamiquela (1958). Its type is Gigantobatrachus parodii.

It was assigned to Calyptocephalellidae by Agnolin (2012).

Species
G. casamiquelai, G. parodii (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Gigantobatrachus Casamiquela
2012Gigantobatrachus Agnolin

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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
orderAnura()
—Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
—AustralobatrachiaFrost et al. 2006
familyCalyptocephalellidaeReig 1960
genusGigantobatrachus

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. †Gigantobatrachus Casamiquela 1958
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†Gigantobatrachus parodii Casamiquela 1958
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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Langhian or 66.00000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) Leptodactylidae Gen. et sp. indet. 1 (95914)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Argentina (Chubut) G. casamiquelai (133040)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Argentina (Santa Cruz) G. parodii (228751)