Eobatrachus

Eobatrachus is a dubious[2] genus of extinct frog known only from the holotype, YPM 1862, part of the right humerus, found in Reed's Quarry 9 near Como Bluff, Wyoming in the Late Jurassic-aged Morrison Formation.[3][4] The type, and only species, E. agilis, was named by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1887 and he initially interpreted it as a mammal,[1] although it was later re-classified as a genus of frog related to Comobatrachus[5] and Eobatrachus is now seen as a dubious amphibian genus, possibly belonging to Anura (frogs) according to Foster (2007).[4]

Eobatrachus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Amphibia
Order:
Anura
(unranked):
Pipoidea?
Genus:
†Eobatrachus

Marsh, 1887[1]
Binomial name
†Eobatrachus agilis
Marsh, 1887[1]

See also

References
  1. Marsh, O. C. (1887). "American Jurassic mammals". American Journal of Science. Series 3. 33 (196): 327–348. doi:10.2475/ajs.s3-33.196.327.
  2. Evans, Susan E.; Milner, Andrew 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. doi:10.1080/02724634.1993.10011485. ISSN 0272-4634. JSTOR 4523483.
  3. Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp. ISBN 978-0-253-34870-8.
  4. Foster, J. (2007). "Anura (Frogs)." pp. 135-136.
  5. Hecht, M. K. and Estes, R. (1960). Fossil amphibians from Quarry Nine. Postilla 46:1-19


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