Lithobatrachus[1] is an extinct genus of prehistoric amphibian. It was described in 1929 by Hampton Wildman Parker based on a poorly preserved specimen that was first described as Hyla europaea by Gladwyn Kingsley Noble the year before.[4] The two engaged in a debate whether the new genus was warranted.[4][5] It might belong to the family Palaeobatrachidae, but this remains ambiguous.[4]
| Lithobatrachus Temporal range: Oligocene,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Genus: | †Lithobatrachus Parker, 1929[2] |
| Type species | |
| †Hyla europaea | |
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b "†Lithobatrachus". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Parker, H.W. (1929). "Two fossil frogs from the Lower Miocene of Europe". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10. 4 (21): 270–281. doi:10.1080/00222932908673051.
- ^ "†Hyla europaea Noble 1928". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Wuttke, Michael; Přikryl, Tomáš; Ratnikov, Viacheslav Yu.; Dvořák, Zdeněk & Roček, Zbyněk (2012). "Generic diversity and distributional dynamics of the Palaeobatrachidae (Amphibia: Anura)". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 92 (3): 367–395. Bibcode:2012PdPe...92..367W. doi:10.1007/s12549-012-0071-y.
- ^ Parker, H. W. (1929). "The status of the extinct frog, Lithobatrachus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10. 6 (32): 201–205. doi:10.1080/00222933.1930.11070798.
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