- Cratia
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Cratia
Temporal range: Early CretaceousScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Suborder: Neobatrachia Genus: Cratia
Báez, Moura & Gómez, 2009Species - C. gracilis Báez, Moura & Gómez, 2009 (type)
Cratia is an extinct frog which existed in Brazil during the lower Cretaceous period.[1] It was named by Ana M. Báez, Geraldo J.B. Moura and Raúl O. Gómez in 2009, and the type species is Cratia gracilis.[1]
References
- ^ a b Ana M. Báez, Geraldo J.B. Moura and Raúl O. Gómez (2009). "Anurans from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of northeastern Brazil: implications for the early divergence of neobatrachians". Cretaceous Research 30 (4): 829–846. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2009.01.002. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WD3-4VDH8PX-1&_user=10&_coverDate=08%2F31%2F2009&_rdoc=2&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%236755%232009%23999699995%231122053%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=6755&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=20&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=280dd2e0e669ef990cdfeb6fe7fe0bd6.
Categories:- Frogs
- Prehistoric amphibians
- Fossil taxa described in 2009
- Prehistoric amphibian stubs
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