Eobatrachus
Eobatrachus is a dubious[1] genus of extinct frog known only from the holotype, YPM 1862, part of the right humerus, found in Reed's Quarry 9 near Como Bluff, Wyoming in the Late Jurassic-aged Morrison Formation.[2][3] The type, and only species, E. agilis, was named by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1887 and he initially interpreted it as a mammal,[4] although it was later re-classified as a genus of frog related to Comobatrachus[5] and Eobatrachus is now seen as a dubious amphibian genus, possibly belonging to Anura (frogs) according to Foster (2007).[3]
| Eobatrachus Temporal range: Late Jurassic, | |
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| Genus: | †Eobatrachus Marsh, 1887 |
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| †Eobatrachus agilis Marsh, 1887 | |
See also
References
- Evans, S. E. and Milner, A. R. (1993). Frogs and salamanders from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation (Quarry Nine, Como Bluff) of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(1):24-30
- Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp. ISBN 978-0-253-34870-8.
- Foster, J. (2007). "Anura (Frogs)." pp. 135-136.
- Marsh, O. C. (1887). American Jurassic mammals. The American Journal of Science, series 3 33(196):327-348
- Hecht, M. K. and Estes, R. (1960). Fossil amphibians from Quarry Nine. Postilla 46:1-19
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