Pachycentrata

Pachycentrata is an extinct genus of prehistoric amphibian.

Pachycentrata
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pipidae
Subfamily: Pipinae
Genus: Pachycentrata
Báez and Rage, 2004
Species:
P. taqueti
Binomial name
Pachycentrata taqueti
(Báez and Rage, 1998)
Synonyms

Pachybatrachus taqueti Báez and Rage, 1998 (gen preoccupied)

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]

See also

References

  1. A. M. Báez and J.-C. Rage. 1998. Pipid frogs from the Upper Cretaceous of In Beceten, Niger. Palaeontology 41(4):669-691
  2. "Fossilworks". Paleodb.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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