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Alytes (midwife toad)
Taxonomy
Alytes was named by Wagler (1829). It is extant.
It was assigned to Alytinae by Sanchiz (1998); and to Discoglossidae by Gao and Wang (2001) and Gissi et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Alytinae by Sanchiz (1998); and to Discoglossidae by Gao and Wang (2001) and Gissi et al. (2006).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1829 | Alytes Wagler |
| 1979 | Baleaphryne Sanchiz and Adrover |
| 1998 | Alytes Sanchiz p. 25 |
| 2001 | Alytes Gao and Wang p. 469 |
| 2006 | Alytes Gissi et al. p. 231 |
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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.
G. Alytes Wagler 1829 [midwife toad]
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Alytes dickhilleni Arntzen and Garcia Paris 1995
†Alytes muletensis Sanchiz and Adrover 1979
Alytes obstetricans Laurenti 1768 [midwife frog]
Invalid names: Baleaphryne Sanchiz and Adrover 1979 [synonym]
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: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Majorca (Mallorca)) | Baleaphryne sp. (68813) | |
| Pleistocene | France (Vaucluse) | Alytes obstetricans (195264) | |
| Pleistocene | France (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) | Alytes obstetricans (195263) | |
| Pleistocene | Spain (Castilla-Leon) | Alytes obstetricans (34920) | |
| Calabrian | Spain (Castilla-Leon) | Alytes obstetricans (34870) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Palencia) | Alytes sp. (205284) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Castilla-Leon) | Alytes obstetricans (34924 34925) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Madrid) | Alytes sp. (195267) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain | Alytes obstetricans (34926) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Granada) | Alytes sp. (34842) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain (Alicante) | Alytes obstetricans (199861 219152) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain (Arrasate) | Alytes obstreticans (191758) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain (Vizcaya) | Alytes obstetricans (125319) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | France | Alytes obstetricans (195240 195247) |