Amphibia - Salientia - Palaeobatrachidae
Parent taxon: Pipimorpha according to A. M. Baez 2013
See also Böhme 2008, Carroll 1988, Gardner 2008, Henrici 1998, Kuhn 1946, Meszoely et al. 1984, Sanchiz 1998, Trueb and Báez 2006 and Venczel and Stiuca 2008
Sister taxa: Avitabatrachus, Cordicephalus, Cratopipa, Gracilibatrachus, Pipidae, Pipinomorpha, Thoraciliacus
Subtaxa: Albionbatrachus Messelobatrachus Palaeobatrachus Pliobatrachus
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Hungary (1 collection), the Netherlands (1), Poland (1)
• Pliocene of Germany (1), Hungary (2), Poland (2), Slovakia (1), Turkey (2)
• Miocene of France (1), Germany (1), Hungary (6), Poland (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (2), Ukraine (1)
• Oligocene of Belgium (2), Germany (4), Italy (1), Romania (1), Switzerland (1)
• Eocene of France (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene of France (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta), France (2), Spain (3), United States (4: Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 48 collections including 52 occurrences