Name:
Avitabatrachus
Avitabatrachus (ancient batrachos).
Phonetic: A-vee-ah-bah-trak-uss.
Named By: Maria Ana Baez, Linda Trueb &
Jorge O. Calvo - 2000.
Classification: Chordata, Amphibia, Batrachia,
Anura, Mesobatrachia, Pipoidea.
Species: A. uliana (type).
Diet: Carnivore/Insectivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Argentina.
Time period: Mid Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Single specimen.
At the time of its naming, Avitabatrachus is the earliest known occurrence of a pipoid frog in South America.
Further reading
- The Earliest Known Pipoid Frog from South America: A New Genus
from the Middle Cretaceous of Argentina. - Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology (The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology) 20 (3):
490–500. - Maria Ana Baez, Linda Trueb & Jorge O.
Calvo - 2000.