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Palaeobatrachus occidentalis
Taxonomy
Palaeobatrachus occidentalis was named by Estes and Sanchíz (1982). Its type specimen is UCMP 55704, a set of postcrania (R ilium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lull 2 Quarry (UCMP V-5620), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Lance Formation of Wyoming.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1982 | Palaeobatrachus occidentalis Estes and Sanchíz p. 15 figs. 1C-F, 4A-B |
| 1998 | Palaeobatrachus occidentalis Sanchiz |
| 2008 | Palaeobatrachus occidentalis Gardner p. 221 |
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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.
†Palaeobatrachus occidentalis Estes and Sanchíz 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Lancian to the top of the Torrejonian or 72.20000 to 60.90000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | Palaeobatrachus occidentalis (55363) | |
| Lancian | USA (Wyoming) | Barbourula sp. (14510 14519) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Wyoming) | Barbourula sp. (type locality: 14585) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Montana) | Palaeobatrachus occidentalis (13142) | |
| Puercan - Torrejonian | USA (Nevada) | Palaeobatrachus occidentalis (192239) |