Family Leptodactylidae Stirton 1953 (frog)

Amphibia - Salientia - Leptodactylidae

Full reference: R. A. Stirton. 1953. Vertebrate paleontology and continental stratigraphy in Colombia. Geological Society of America Bulletin 64:603-622

Parent taxon: Hyloidea according to S. Hoegg et al. 2004

See also Báez 1991, Carroll 1988, Estes 1964, Fernicola and Albino 2012, Frank and Ramus 1996, Hecht 1960, Martinelli and Forasiepi 2004, Sanchiz 1998 and Stirton 1953

Sister taxa: Beelzebufo, Hylidae, Myobatrachidae

Subtaxa: Eophractus Eorubeta Estesiella Eupsophus Eusophus Geocrinia Lechriodus Leptodactylinae Limnodynastes Neoprocoela Ranidella Syrrhophus Syrrhopus Telmatobiinae

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Bolivia (1), Mexico (1), United States (1: Texas)

• Pliocene of Argentina (2)

• Miocene of Argentina (2), Australia (2)

• Oligocene of Argentina (1), Australia (1)

• Eocene of Argentina (1), Australia (1), France (1)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Peru (1)

• Paleocene of Bolivia (1), United States (1: Nevada)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: Nevada)

• Cretaceous of India (2), United States (1: Wyoming)

Total: 23 collections including 31 occurrences

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