Biology:Shelania

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Short description: Extinct genus of amphibians

Shelania
Temporal range: Ypresian-Bartonian (Mustersan)
~48.6–40.4 Ma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pipidae
Genus: Shelania
Casamiquela 1960
Species
  • S. laurenti Baez & Pugener 1998
  • S. pascuali Casamiquela 1960 (type)

Shelania is an extinct genus of prehistoric frogs that lived in South America during the Eocene. Its type species is Shelania pascuali. Fossils of Shelania have been found in the Mustersan Vaca Mahuida and Laguna del Hunco Formations of Argentina .[1]

See also

  • List of prehistoric amphibians

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7493310 entry