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Telmatobiidae (water frog)

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Telmatobiidae

Taxonomy
Telmatobiidae was named by Fitzinger (1843). It is extant. Its type is Telmatobius.

It was assigned to Neobatrachia by Gómez et al. (2024).

Subtaxa
Telmatobius (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Telmatobiidae Fitzinger
2024Telmatobiidae Gómez 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)
familyTelmatobiidaeFitzinger 1843
familyTelmatobiidaeFitzinger 1843

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. Telmatobiidae Fitzinger 1843 [water frog]
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G. Telmatobius Wiegmann 1834
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Telmatobius achachila Gómez et al. 2024
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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Serravallian or 13.82000 to 11.63000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Bolivia (La Paz) Telmatobius achachila (233205)