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Pipidae (clawed frog)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pipidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Pipidae Gray
1875Pipidae Cope p. 9
1898Pipidae Gadow p. 16
1946Pipidae Kuhn p. 54
1975Pipidae Estes p. 48
1988Pipidae Carroll
1996Pipidae Frank and Ramus
1998Pipidae Henrici p. 327
1998Pipidae Sanchiz
2001Pipidae Henrici and Báez p. 872
2004Pipidae Hoegg et al. p. 1195
2004Pipidae Martinelli and Forasiepi p. 260
2006Pipidae Gissi et al. p. 231
2006Pipidae Trueb and Báez p. 56
2016Pipidae Gómez
2018Pipidae Delfino and Sanchez-Villagra
2019Pipidae Aranciaga Rolando et al.
2019Pipidae Blackburn et al.
2022Pipidae Suazo Lara and Gómez

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
—XenoanuraSavage 1973
—PipimorphaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyPipidaeGray 1825
familyPipidaeGray 1825

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Pipidae Gray 1825 [clawed frog]
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G. †Kuruleufenia Gómez 2016
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†Kuruleufenia xenopoides Gómez 2016
G. †Llankibatrachus Báez and Pugener 2003
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†Llankibatrachus truebae Báez and Pugener 2003
G. †Oumtkoutia Rage and Dutheil 2008
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†Oumtkoutia anae Rage and Dutheil 2008
Subfm. Pipinae Gray 1825
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Tr. Hymenochirini Bolkay 1919
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G. Hymenochirus Boulenger 1896 [African dwarf frog]
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Hymenochirus boettgeri Tornier 1896 [Zaire dwarf clawed frog]
Hymenochirus curtipes Noble 1924 [Western dwarf clawed frog]
G. Pseudhymenochirus Chabanaud 1920 [dwarf gray frog]
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Pseudhymenochirus merlini Chabanaud 1920 [Merlin's clawed frog]
G. †Pachycentrata Báez and Rage 2004
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†Pachycentrata taqueti Báez and Rage 1998
Invalid names: Pachybatrachus Báez and Rage 1998 [replaced]
G. Pipa Laurenti 1768 [Surinam toad]
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Pipa carvalhoi Miranda-Ribeiro 1937 [Carvalho's Surinam toad]
Pipa parva Ruthven and Gage 1923 [Sabana Surinam toad]
Pipa pipa Linnaeus 1758 [Surinam toad]
G. †Singidella Báez and Harrison 2005
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†Singidella latecostata Báez and Harrison 2005
G. †Rocekophryne Rage et al. 2021
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†Rocekophryne ornata Rage et al. 2021
G. †Shomronella Estes et al. 1978
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†Shomronella jordanica Estes et al. 1978
Subfm. Xenopodinae Fitzinger 1843
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G. Silurana Gray 1864 [clawed frog]
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Silurana epitropicalis Fischberg et al. 1982 [Cameroon clawed frog]
Silurana tropicalis Gray 1864 [Tropical clawed frog]
G. Xenopus Wagler 1827 [clawed frog]
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†Xenopus arabiensis Henrici and Báez 2001
Xenopus boiei Wagler 1827
†Xenopus hasaunus Spinar 1980
Xenopus laevis Daudin 1802 [African clawed frog]
Xenopus muelleri Peters 1844 [Muller's clawed frog]
†Xenopus romeri Estes 1975
†Xenopus stromeri Ahl 1926
Xenopus wittei Tinsley et al. 1979 [Witte's clawed frog]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Calabrian or 145.00000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 139.8 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Israel Shomronella jordanica (84472)
Berriasian - Aptian145.0 - 113.0Israel (Negev) Pipidae indet. (22634)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Oumtkoutia anae (115189 115190)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.3 - 83.6Niger (Tahoua) Pipidae indet. (48867)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Chile (Última Esperanza) Anura indet. (210129)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Kuruleufenia xenopoides (139574) Pipidae indet. (49557) Pipidae indet., Kuruleufenia xenopoides (48999) Xenopus sp. (45087)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Pipoidea indet. (206969)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) Pipidae indet. (95914)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) Xenopus romeri (77193)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Argentina (Neuquén) Llankibatrachus truebae (84702)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Algeria (Bechar region) Pipidae indet., Rocekophryne ornata (77014)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Tanzania Pipidae indet. (206377) Singidella latecostata (31499)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Pipidae indet. (149173)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Peru (Loreto) Pipidae indet. (176140 176151)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Argentina (Neuquén) Pipidae sp. (136911)
Middle Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene47.8 - 28.4Argentina (Neuquén) Llankibatrachus truebae (84703)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Pipidae indet. (65159)
Priabonian - Rupelian38.0 - 28.1Peru (Loreto) Pipidae indet. (144474)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Yemen Xenopus arabiensis (75093)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Peru (Loreto) Pipidae indet. (176129)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Tanzania (Mbeya) Xenopus sp. (179687)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcón) Pipa sp. (63520)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Morocco (Fes) Xenopus sp. (35361)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela (Falcon) Pipa sp. (122033)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Pipidae indet., Xenopus sp. (22593)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Xenopus sp. (22628)