Eopelobates

Eopelobates is an extinct genus of frogs in the family Pelobatidae.[2] Closely related to the living European spadefoot toad, it is known from the Eocene of western North America, and the Eocene–Pliocene of Europe. It is suggested that the distribution over both Europe and North America is due to dispersal during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum.[3]

Eopelobates
Temporal range: Eocene–Pliocene
Eopelobates wagneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelobatidae
Genus: †Eopelobates
Parker, 1929
Species
  • Eopelobates anthracinus Parker, 1929
  • Eopelobates bayeri Spinar, 1952
  • Eopelobates grandis Zweifel, 1956
  • Eopelobates hiuschei (Kuhn, 1941)
  • Eopelobates wagneri (Weitzel, 1938)
Synonyms
  • Propelodytes wagneri Weitzel, 1938[1]

References
  1. "†Eopelobates wagneri Weitzel 1938". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. "†Eopelobates Parker 1929". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. Roček, Zbyněk; Wuttke, Michael; Gardner, James D.; Singh Bhullar, Bhart-Anjan (2014). "The Euro-American genus Eopelobates, and a re-definition of the family Pelobatidae (Amphibia, Anura)". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 94 (4): 529–567. doi:10.1007/s12549-014-0169-5. ISSN 1867-1594.


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