Pachycentrata
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Pachycentrata Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Pipidae |
Subfamily: | Pipinae |
Genus: | †Pachycentrata Báez and Rage, 2004 |
Species: | †P. taqueti
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Binomial name | |
†Pachycentrata taqueti (Báez and Rage, 1998)
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Synonyms | |
Pachybatrachus taqueti Báez and Rage, 1998 (gen preoccupied) |
Pachycentrata is an extinct genus of prehistoric amphibian.
Pachycentrata fossils have been found in the In Beceten Formation located in Tahoua, Niger. [1] The fossils have been dated to the late/upper Coniacian to Santonian periods.[2] It is estimated to have snout-vent length about 7 centimetres (2.8 in).[1]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b A. M. Báez and J.-C. Rage. 1998. Pipid frogs from the Upper Cretaceous of In Beceten, Niger. Palaeontology 41(4):669-691
- ^ "Fossilworks". Paleodb.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.