†Kuruleufenia xenopoides Gómez 2016 (clawed frog)
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Amphibia - Salientia - Pipidae
Full reference: R. O. Gómez. 2016. A new pipid frog from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia and early evolution of crown-group Pipidae. Cretaceous Research 62:52-64
Belongs to Kuruleufenia according to F. Suazo Lara and R. O. Gómez 2022
See also Gómez 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MACN-PV RN 1064, a partial skull (almost complete sphenethmoid). Its type locality is Cerro Tortuga, Bajo Trapalcó, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone/siltstone in the Allen Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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