Biology:Macropelobates

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Short description: Extinct genus of amphibians

Macropelobates
Temporal range: Early Oligocene to Middle Miocene, 33.90–11.61 Ma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Superfamily: Pelobatoidea
Genus: Macropelobates
Noble, 1924
Type species
Macropelobates osborni
Noble, 1924
Species
  • M. linquensis (J. Yang, 1977)
    • Bufo linquensis J. Yang, 1977
    • M. cratus Gao, 1986synonym
  • M. osborni Noble, 1924

Macropelobates is an extinct genus of prehistoric frogs. It was described by Gladwyn Kingsley Noble based on material from Oligocene of Mongolia.[1]

Species

The genus contains two species:[2]

The two species are similar, however, and might be synonymous.[3]

See also

  • Prehistoric amphibian
  • List of prehistoric amphibians

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "†Macropelobates Noble 1924". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=37451. 
  2. "Macropelobates Noble, 1924". Lisanfos KMS. Version 1.2. Online reference accessible at www.lisanfos.mncn.csic.es. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, MNCN-CSIC, Madrid (Spain). 2014. http://www.lisanfos.mncn.csic.es/?module=taxones_search&lang=en. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Roček, Zbyněk; Dong, Liping; Přikryl, Tomáš; Sun, Chengkai; Tan, Jin; Wang, Yuan (September 2011). "Fossil frogs (Anura) from Shanwang (Middle Miocene; Shandong Province, China)". Geobios 44 (5): 499–518. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2010.11.009. 

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