Biology:Notobatrachus

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Short description: Extinct genus of amphibians


Notobatrachus
Temporal range:
Middle-Late Toarcian to Bajocian
~179–168 Ma
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Notobatrachus

Reig 1956
Species
  • N. degiustoi Reig 1956 (type)
  • N. reigi Báez & Nicoli 2008

Notobatrachus is an extinct genus of frog from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) Cañadon Asfalto Formation, Cañadón Asfalto Basin and Middle Jurassic La Matilde Formation, Deseado Massif of Patagonia, Argentina .[3] N. degiustoi is the most completely known Jurassic frog and has been recorded in many outcrops of the La Matilde Formation of the Deseado Massif in southern Patagonia.[4]

Description

Most of the specimens of N. degiustoi are postmetamorphic individuals, snout-vent length between 90 and 150 millimetres (3.5 and 5.9 in). CPBA-V-14003 consists of disarticulated cranial and postcranial elements, and may correspond either to a late metamorphosing tadpole or an early postmetamorphic individual.[5]

References

  1. Fantasia, A.; Föllmi, K. B.; Adatte, T.; Spangenberg, J. E.; Schoene, B.; Barker, R. T.; Scasso, R. A. (2021). "Late Toarcian continental palaeoenvironmental conditions: An example from the Canadon Asfalto Formation in southern Argentina". Gondwana Research 89 (1): 47–65. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2020.10.001. Bibcode2021GondR..89...47F. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X20302562. Retrieved 27 August 2021. 
  2. Pol, D.; Gomez, K.; Holwerda, F. M.; Rauhut, O. W.; Carballido, J. L. (2022). "Sauropods from the Early Jurassic of South America and the Radiation of Eusauropoda". South American Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs 1 (1): 131–163. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-95959-3_4. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-95959-3_4. Retrieved 2 May 2022. 
  3. Escapa et al., 2008
  4. Báez & Nicoli, 2004, p.258
  5. Báez & Nicoli, 2004, p.259

Bibliography

Further reading

  • Wildlife of Gondwana: Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates from the Ancient Supercontinent (Life of the Past) by Pat Vickers Rich, Thomas Hewitt Rich, Francesco Coffa, and Steven Morton
  • The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia by Michael J. Benton, Mikhail A. Shishkin, David M. Unwin, and Evgenii N. Kurochkin
  • Fossil Frogs and Toads of North America (Life of the Past) by J. Alan Holman

Wikidata ☰ Q7063124 entry