Kingdom Animalia Class Amphibia Superorder Batrachia Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Subclass Lissamphibia Order Anura | |
Similar Palaeobatrachus, Eodiscoglossus, Notobatrachus, Callobatrachus, Vieraella | ||
Thoraciliacus rostriceps is an extinct species of frog from the Cretaceous period and the only species of the genus Thoraciliacus, which is classified in the unranked clade Pipimorpha. Fossils of T. rostriceps were found in Makhtesh Ramon, Negev Desert, Israel and it is believed they lived during the Barremian. Other fossils have been found near Marydale, South Africa in an Upper Cretaceous lake.
Description
T. rostriceps was a small frog, 32 millimetres (1.3 in) in length, with a large head. It had short hind limbs but its hands and feet were relatively large. Like its close relative Cordicephalus gracilis, T. rostriceps was highly aquatic evidenced by its flat skull, short axial column and long metapodials.
References
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