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Pelodytes (parsley frog)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelodytidae

Taxonomy
Pelodytes was named by Fitzinger (1838). It is extant.

It was assigned to Anura by Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Pelodytidae by Taylor (1941), Zweifel (1956), Henrici (1994), Sanchiz (1998) and Henrici (2009).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Pelodytes Fitzinger
1941Pelodytes Taylor p. 61
1956Pelodytes Zweifel p. 9
1994Pelodytes Henrici
1996Pelodytes Frank and Ramus
1998Pelodytes Sanchiz
2009Pelodytes Henrici p. 280

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
superfamilyPelobatoideaLaurent 1979
familyPelodytidaeCope 1866
genusPelodytesFitzinger 1838

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. Pelodytes Fitzinger 1838 [parsley frog]
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Pelodytes caucasicus Boulenger 1896 [Caucasus parsley frog]
Pelodytes punctatus Daudin 1802
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: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 41.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Pelodytes sp. (12840)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Pelodytes sp. (12849)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Pelodytes sp. (48325)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Hungary (Heves) Pelodytes caucasicus (168164)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Pelodytes sp. (75481)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Netherlands (Limburg) Pelodytes sp. (192405)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117France (Herault) Pelodytes punctatus (49054)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Villaverde) Pelodytes sp. (206172)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Belgium (Namur) Pelodytes punctatus (206229)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Castilla-Leon) Pelodytes punctatus (34920)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) Pelodytes punctatus (34870)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Pelodytes punctatus (84938)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Somerset) Pelodytes punctatus (195199)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Soria) Pelodytes punctatus (195563)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Castellon) Pelodytes punctatus (34932)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain Pelodytes punctatus (34926)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Limousin Region) Pelodytes punctatus (195221)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Palencia) Pelodytes punctatus (205284)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Castilla-Leon) Pelodytes punctatus (34924 34925)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Alpes Maritimes) Pelodytes punctatus (195237)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Aquitaine Region) Pelodytes punctatus (36758)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Alicante) Pelodytes sp. (219152)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France Pelodytes punclalus (195249)