Erythrobatrachus is an extinct genus of trematosaurian temnospondyl within the family Trematosauridae.[2] The sole species Erythrobatrachus noonkanbahensis was separated to a monotypic genus, distinguishing it from related taxa when the description was published in 1972. The type material was a matrix cast revealing the impression of several fragments of skull excavated at the Blina Shale formation in the northwest of the Australian continent.[1] The genus name is derived from ancient Greek, combining terms for red, erythro, with frog, batrachos, to describe the iron staining of the fossilised amphibian specimens. The type location described by the specific epithet was Noonkanbah Station.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Family: | †Trematosauridae |
| Genus: | †Erythrobatrachus |
| Species: | †E. noonkanbahensis
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| †Erythrobatrachus noonkanbahensis | |
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c Cosgriff, John W.; Garbutt, Neil K. (1972). "Erythrobatrachus noonkanbahensis, a trematosaurid species from the Blina Shale". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 55 (1): 5–18.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Erythrobatrachus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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