Paradiscoglossus americanus Estes and Sanchíz 1982 (frog)

Amphibia - Salientia

Full reference: R. Estes and B. Sanchíz. 1982. New discoglossid and palaeobatrachid frogs from the Late Cretaceous of Wyoming and Montana, and a review of other frogs from the Lance and Hell Creek Formations. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(1):9-20

Belongs to Paradiscoglossus according to J. D. Gardner 2008

See also Estes and Sanchíz 1982 and Sanchiz 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 125827, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Bushy Tailed Blowout, which is in a Lancian terrestrial shale in the Lance Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Wyoming collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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