Kingdom Animalia Class Amphibia Species E. hechti† Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Family Discoglossidae Scientific name Enneabatrachus hechti | |
Similar Eodiscoglossus, Corsican painted frog, Spanish painted frog, Barbourula, Betic midwife toad | ||
Enneabatrachus hechti is an extinct species of an extinct genus of prehistoric frog known from the late Jurassic Morrison Formation. Its remains have been recovered from stratigraphic zone 5. One specimen has been recovered from Quarry 9 of Como Bluff in Wyoming and another specimen was later reported from Dinosaur National Monument. A small discoglossid frog whose name means "nine frog" after the quarry in which it was discovered. The Como Bluff specimen was an illium only a few millimeters long. E. hechti's live weight would have only been a few grams.
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