Rana_pueyoi

<i>Pelophylax pueyoi</i>

Pelophylax pueyoi

Extinct species of amphibian

Pelophylax pueyoi is an extinct species of large frog from Late Miocene of Spain. Initially classified as a member of the "green frog" complex within the genus Rana, it has since been reclassified into the genus Pelophylax as that genus has been split from Rana.[1][2]

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It is known from a Konservat-Lagerstätte in the Libros sulphur mines of Teruel, where it is abundant.[3][4] Fossils of both adults and tadpoles are known.[5]

Rana pueyoi

References

  • Amphibian (DK Eyewitness Books) by Barry Clarke and Laura Buller (page 9)
  • Fossils (Expert Guides) by Brenda Lewis, Paula Hammond, and Carl Mehling (page 257)
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      Sanchiz, B. (2012-01-01). "Nomenclatural notes on living and fossil amphibians". Graellsia.
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      Mcnamara, Maria E.; Orr, Patrick J.; Alcalá, Luis; Anadón, Pere; Peñalver, Enrique (2012). "What Controls the Taphonomy of Exceptionally Preserved Taxa—Environment or Biology? A Case Study Using Frogs from the Miocene Libros Konservat-Lagerstätte (teruel, Spain)". PALAIOS. 27 (1/2): 63–77. ISSN 0883-1351.
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      Blain, Hugues-Alexandre; Přikryl, Tomáš; Moreno-Ribas, Elena; Canudo, José Ignacio (2022-08-31). "The first discovery of in situ Pelophylax pueyoi (Amphibia: Anura) from the Late Miocene of Libros Konservat-Lagerstätte (Teruel, Spain)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 42 (2). doi:10.1080/02724634.2022.2162410. ISSN 0272-4634.
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      McNamara, Maria E.; Orr, Patrick J.; Kearns, Stuart L.; Alcalá, Luis; Anadón, Pere; Peñalver-Mollá, Enrique (2010). "Exceptionally preserved tadpoles from the Miocene of Libros, Spain: ecomorphological reconstruction and the impact of ontogeny upon taphonomy". Lethaia. 43 (3): 290–306. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2009.00192.x. ISSN 0024-1164.
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