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Ceratophrys (South American horned frog)
Taxonomy
Ceratophrys was named by Wied (1824). It is extant.
It was assigned to Cystignathidae by Rovereto (1914); to Ceratophrynidae by Carroll (1988); and to Ceratophryinae by Baez and Peri (1990), Sanchiz (1998) and Evans et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Cystignathidae by Rovereto (1914); to Ceratophrynidae by Carroll (1988); and to Ceratophryinae by Baez and Peri (1990), Sanchiz (1998) and Evans et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1824 | Ceratophrys Wied |
| 1914 | Ceratophrys Rovereto p. 178 |
| 1988 | Ceratophrys Carroll |
| 1990 | Ceratophrys Baez and Peri p. 385 |
| 1998 | Ceratophrys Sanchiz |
| 2008 | Ceratophrys Evans et al. p. 2954 |
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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. Ceratophrys Wied 1824 [South American horned frog]
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†Ceratophrys prisca Ameghino 1899
†Ceratophrys sagani Barcelos et al. 2020
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: base of the Montehermosan to the top of the Holocene or 5.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Ceratophrys sp. (191768 191769 191770) | |
| Montehermosan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Ceratophrys ameghinorum (152081 152084 152085 152088 198863) Ceratophrys sp. (152062 152064) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Bolivia (Tarija ) | Ceratophrys sp. (70673) | |
| Lujanian | Uruguay | Ceratophrys sp. (212684) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (São Paulo) | Ceratophrys sagani (67858) | |
| Holocene | Bolivia (Chuquisaca) | Ceratophrys ornata (70705) |