Notobatrachus

Notobatrachus is an extinct genus of frog from the Middle Jurassic Cañadon Asfalto Formation, Cañadón Asfalto Basin and La Matilde Formation, Deseado Massif of Patagonia, Argentina.[1] 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.[2]

Notobatrachus
Temporal range: Early-Mid Jurassic
~180–165 Ma
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Notobatrachus

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

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.[3]

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References

  1. Escapa et al., 2008
  2. Báez & Nicoli, 2004, p.258
  3. Báez & Nicoli, 2004, p.259

Bibliography

Fyrther 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


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