Biology:Shomronella

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Short description: Extinct genus of amphibians


Shomronella
Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous, 136.4–125.0 Ma
Shomronella jordanica.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Clade: Pipimorpha
Genus: Shomronella
Estes et al., 1978[1][2]
Species:
S. jordanica
Binomial name
Shomronella jordanica
Estes et al., 1978

Shomronella jordanica is the only species in the extinct genus Shomronella, a genus of prehistoric frogs.[3] According to findings from fossils of S. jordanica, that were found in Jordan and Israel, the frog lived during the Lower Cretaceous, specifically in the Hauterivian to Barremian.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. "Shomronella". The Paleobiology Database. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=134502. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 
  2. <R. Estes, Z. V. Spinar, and E. Nevo. 1978. Early Cretaceous pipid tadpoles from Israel (Amphibia: Anura). Herpetologica 34(4):374-393
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Shomronella jordanica". The Paleobiology Database. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=134503&is_real_user=0. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 
  4. Chipman, Ariel D.; Eitan Tchernov (2002). "Ancient ontogenies: larval development of the Lower Cretaceous anuran Shomronella jordanica (Amphibia: Pipoidea)". Evolution & Development (Blackwell Science) 4 (2): 86–95. doi:10.1046/j.1525-142X.2002.01064.x. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118932840/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0. 

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