Amphibia - Salientia - Pelobatidae
Alternative combinations: Scaphiopus alexanderi, Spea alexanderi
Full reference: R. G. Zweifel. 1956. Two pelobatid frogs from the Tertiary of North America and their relationships to fossil and recent forms. American Museum Novitates 1762:1-45
Belongs to Scaphiopus (Spea) according to R. Estes and J. A. Tihen 1964
See also Holman 1973, Tihen 1960 and Zweifel 1956
Sister taxa: Spea bombifrons, Spea diversus, Spea hammondii, Spea intermontana, Spea multiplicata, Spea neuter, Spea pliobatrachus, Spea studeri
Type specimen: UCMP 45030, a partial skeleton (posterior part of skull, vertebral column, parts of pectoral and pelvic girdles, some limb bones). Its type locality is Fish Lake Valley, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Esmeralda Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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