- Mesophryne
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Mesophryne Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: incertae sedis Genus: Mesophryne
Gao & Wang, 2001Species: M. beipiaoensis Binomial name Mesophryne beipiaoensis
Gao & Wang, 2001Mesophryne beipiaoensis is an extinct species of frog, from the Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning (China), and the only species in the genus Mesophryne. It is known from a single specimen collected near Heitizigou, 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Beipiao, from which the specific epithet derives. The specimen has a snout–vent length of 69 millimetres (2.7 in).[1]
References
- ^ Ke-Qin Gao & Yuan Wang (2001). "Mesozoic anurans from Liaoning Province, China, and phylogenetic relationships of archaeobatrachian anuran clades". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 (3): 460–476. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0460:MAFLPC]2.0.CO;2.
Categories:- Prehistoric frogs
- Cretaceous amphibians
- Fossil taxa described in 2001
- Prehistoric amphibian stubs
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