Comobatrachus (meaning "Como Bluff frog") is a dubious[1] genus of extinct frog known only from the holotype, YPM 1863, part of the right humerus, found in Reed's Quarry 9 near Como Bluff, Wyoming in the Late Jurassic-aged Morrison Formation.[2][3] The holotype was commented on but not described by Moodie in 1912,[4] although it was probably discovered alongside the holotype of Eobatrachus, but was not described by Othniel Charles Marsh when he named Eobatrachus in 1887.[5] The type, and only species, C. aenigmatis, was named and described in 1960.[6] It was probably related to the contemporaneous Eobatrachus.[1]
| Comobatrachus Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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| Genus: | †Comobatrachus Estes & Hecht, 1960
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| †Comobatrachus aenigmatis Estes & Hecht, 1960
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References
edit- ^ a b Evans, S. E. and Milner, A. R. (1993). Frogs and salamanders from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation (Quarry Nine, Como Bluff) of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(1):24-30
- ^ Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp. ISBN 978-0-253-34870-8.
- ^ Foster, J. (2007). "Anura (Frogs)." pp. 135-136.
- ^ Moodie, R. L. (1912). An American Jurassic frog. The American Journal of Science, series 4 34(27):286-288
- ^ March, O. C. (1887). American Jurassic mammals. The American Journal of Science, series 3 33(196):327-348
- ^ Hecht, M. K. and Estes, R. (1960). Fossil amphibians from Quarry Nine. Postilla 46:1-19
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