Xenopus Wagler 1827 (clawed frog)

Amphibia - Salientia - Pipidae

Parent taxon: Pipidae according to D. C. Blackburn et al. 2019

See also Báez and Harrison 2005, Carroll 1988, Estes 1975, Frank and Ramus 1996, Gissi et al. 2006, Henrici 1998, Henrici and Báez 2001 and Sanchiz 1998

Sister taxa: Kuruleufenia, Llankibatrachus, Oumtkoutia, Pipinae, Rocekophryne, Shomronella, Xenopodinae

Subtaxa: Xenopus arabiensis Xenopus boiei Xenopus hasaunus Xenopus laevis Xenopus muelleri Xenopus romeri Xenopus stromeri Xenopus wittei

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Tanzania (2 collections)

• Miocene of Morocco (1)

• Oligocene of Tanzania (1), Yemen (1)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Brazil (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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