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Bufotes

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae

Taxonomy
Bufotes was named by Rafinesque (1815). It is extant.

It was assigned to Bufonidae by Rafinesque (1815), Georgalis et al. (2024).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Bufotes Rafinesque
2024Bufotes Georgalis et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
suborderAnura()
Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
familyBufonidaeGray 1825
genusBufotesRafinesque 1815

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. Bufotes Rafinesque 1815
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Bufotes viridis Laurenti 1768
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Langhian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Spain (Catalonia) B. viridis (180192)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation (Adygea) B. viridis (196591)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Romania B. viridis (230516)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Armenia (Shirak) B. sp. (209755 241918 241923 241926)
MN 145.09 - 4.16Türkiye (Eskişehir) B. viridis (230651)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Greece B. viridis (31229 31900 31907)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy (Foggia) B. viridis (242160)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) B. viridis (184245)