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Xenopus (clawed frog)
Taxonomy
Xenopus was named by Wagler (1827). It is extant.
It was assigned to Xenopinae by Sanchiz (1998); to Xenopodinae by Henrici and Báez (2001) and Báez and Harrison (2005); and to Pipidae by Estes (1975), Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996), Henrici (1998), Gissi et al. (2006) and Blackburn et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Xenopinae by Sanchiz (1998); to Xenopodinae by Henrici and Báez (2001) and Báez and Harrison (2005); and to Pipidae by Estes (1975), Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996), Henrici (1998), Gissi et al. (2006) and Blackburn et al. (2019).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1827 | Xenopus Wagler |
| 1975 | Xenopus Estes p. 48 |
| 1988 | Xenopus Carroll |
| 1996 | Xenopus Frank and Ramus |
| 1998 | Xenopus Henrici p. 327 |
| 1998 | Xenopus Sanchiz |
| 2001 | Xenopus Henrici and Báez p. 872 |
| 2005 | Xenopus Báez and Harrison p. 731 |
| 2006 | Xenopus Gissi et al. p. 231 |
| 2019 | Xenopus Blackburn et al. |
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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. Xenopus Wagler 1827 [clawed frog]
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†Xenopus arabiensis Henrici and Báez 2001
Xenopus boiei Wagler 1827
†Xenopus hasaunus Spinar 1980
Xenopus laevis Daudin 1802 [African clawed frog]
Xenopus muelleri Peters 1844 [Muller's clawed frog]
†Xenopus romeri Estes 1975
†Xenopus stromeri Ahl 1926
Xenopus wittei Tinsley et al. 1979 [Witte's clawed frog]
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 Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Calabrian or 58.70000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene | Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) | Xenopus romeri (77193) | |
| Oligocene | Yemen | Xenopus arabiensis (75093) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Tanzania (Mbeya) | Xenopus sp. (179687) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Morocco (Fes) | Xenopus sp. (35361) | |
| Gelasian | Tanzania | Xenopus sp. (22593) | |
| Calabrian | Tanzania | Xenopus sp. (22628) |