Baurubatrachus

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Baurubatrachus
Temporal range: Maastrichtian, 70–66  Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Superfamily: Hyloidea
Genus: Baurubatrachus
Báez and Perí, 1990
Type species
Baurubatrachus pricei
Báez and Perí, 1990
Species
  • B. pricei
    Báez and Perí, 1990
  • B. santosdoroi
    Muzzopappa et al., 2022

Baurubatrachus is an extinct genus of prehistoric frogs found in the Maastrichtian Marília Formation of Brazil, formerly considered to be related to the extant family Ceratophryidae. [1] [2] However, a detailed assessment of the anatomy and relationships of the single known fossil of Baurubatrachus demonstrated that it is not part of Ceratophryidae and might be part of a much ancient group of Neobatrachia. [3]

Discovery and species

The type species of the genus, B. pricei, was found in the Serra da Galga Formation (formerly called the Serra da Galga Member of the Marília Formation), near Peirópolis (Minas Gerais, Brazil), 200 km north of Catanduva City. A second species, B. santosdoroi, was described in 2022 and the remains of two individuals were discovered in the Adamantina Formation cropping out near Catanduva city, São Paulo, Brazil. [4]

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References

  1. "†Baurubatrachus Báez and Perí 1989". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. Martín, C. & Sanchiz, B. (2014). "Baurubatrachus". Lisanfos KMS. Version 1.2. Online reference accessible at www.lisanfos.mncn.csic.es. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, MNCN-CSIC, Madrid (Spain). Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. Báez, Ana María; Gómez, Raúl Orencio (2018). "Dealing with homoplasy: osteology and phylogenetic relationships of the bizarre neobatrachian frog Baurubatrachus pricei from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 16 (4): 279–308. Bibcode:2018JSPal..16..279B. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1287130. ISSN   1477-2019.
  4. Muzzopappa, Paula; Iori, Fabiano Vidoi; Muniz, Fellipe Pereira; Martinelli, Agustín G. (2022-09-15). "A New Species of Baurubatrachus (Anura, Neobatrachia) from the Late Cretaceous Adamantina Formation of Brazil Furnishes Evidence on the Diversity of this Bizarre Genus". Ameghiniana. 59 (5): 297–316. doi:10.5710/AMGH.29.07.2022.3505. ISSN   1851-8044.