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Litoria tylerantiqua

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Pelodryadidae

Taxonomy
Litoria tylerantiqua was named by Farman et al. (2025). Its type specimen is QM F61265, a limb element (left ilium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tingamarra Local Fauna - Boat Mountain deposit, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine claystone/sandstone in Australia. It is the type species of Litoria.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Litoria tylerantiqua Farman et al. p. 8 figs. Figs. 1A–F, 2A, B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
suborderAnura()
Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
superfamilyHyloideaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyPelodryadidaeGünther 1858
genusLitoriaTschudi 1838
speciestylerantiqua

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.

Litoria tylerantiqua Farman et al. 2025
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. M. Farman et al. 2025This Tingamarra species differs from other fossil species of Litoria (see Table 2) by possessing a unique combination of traits as follows: reduced dorsal acetabular expansion projecting posteriorly; angle between dorsal acetabular expansion and dorsal prominence (DAE-DP) greater than 90°; angle between ventral margin of ilial shaft and preacetabular zone (VSA) greater than 90° (∼154°); ventral acetabular expansion forming straight ventral extension; anterior acetabular rim anteriorly inflected; wide preacetabular zone forming straight ventral extension with no concavity; symmetrical dorsal prominence located posterior to anterior acetabular rim and extending slightly dorsal to dorsal margin of ilial shaft; medial and lateral grooves present; and spiral groove, and supracetabular and preacetabular fossae absent.
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: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Australia (Queensland) Litoria tylerantiqua (type locality: 59088)