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Eophractus

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Leptodactylidae

Taxonomy
Eophractus was named by Schaeffer (1949). It is not extant. Its type is Eophractus casamayorensis.

It was assigned to Leptodactylidae by Schaeffer (1949).

Species
E. casamayorensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Eophractus Schaeffer p. 49 fig. 1

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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)
superfamilyHyloideaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyLeptodactylidae
genusEophractus

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. †Eophractus Schaeffer 1949
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Eophractus casamayorensis Schaeffer 1949
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Uhen 2004

Age range: Casamayoran or 56.00000 to 48.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Chubut) E. casamayorensis (49848)