Biology:Albionbatrachus
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Short description: Extinct genus of amphibians
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | †Palaeobatrachidae |
| Genus: | †Albionbatrachus Meszoely, Špinar and Ford, 1984 |
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| †Albionbatrachus wightensis Meszoely, Špinar and Ford, 1984
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Albionbatrachus is an extinct genus of prehistoric frogs from England and Romania. Two species are recognized:[1] While previously synonymised with Palaeobatrachus, it is now considered a distinct palaeobatrachid genus based on characters of the frontoparietals.[2]
See also
- Prehistoric amphibian
- List of prehistoric amphibians
References
- ↑ "Albionbatrachus". Lisanfos KMS. Version 1.2. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, MNCN-CSIC, Madrid (Spain). 2014. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140111071816/http://www.lisanfos.mncn.csic.es/?module=taxon&id=307&lang=en. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ↑ Roček, Zbyněk; Boistel, Renaud; Lenoir, Nicolas; Mazurier, Arnaud; Pierce, Stephanie E.; Rage, Jean-Claude; Smirnov, Sergei V.; Schwermann, Achim H. et al. (November 2015). "Frontoparietal Bone in Extinct Palaeobatrachidae (Anura): Its Variation and Taxonomic Value: FRONTOPARIETAL IN EXTINCT PALAEOBATRACHID FROGS" (in en). The Anatomical Record 298 (11): 1848–1863. doi:10.1002/ar.23203. PMID 26235188. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.23203.
- ↑ Venczel, Márton, Vlad Codrea & Cristina Fărcaș, 2012: A new palaeobatrachid frog from the early Oligocene of Suceag, Romania. Journal of systematic palaeontology, 11(2): 179–189. doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.671790.
- ↑ C. A. M. Meszoely, Z. V. Spinar, and R. L. E. Ford. 1984. A new palaeobatrachid frog from the Eocene of the British Isles. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 3(3):143-147
Wikidata ☰ Q4712576 entry
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