Pachycentrata
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Pachycentrata is an extinct genus of prehistoric amphibian.
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Pachycentrata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Pipidae |
Subfamily: | Pipinae |
Genus: | †Pachycentrata Báez and Rage, 2004 |
Species: | †P. taqueti |
Binomial name | |
†Pachycentrata taqueti (Báez and Rage, 1998) | |
Synonyms | |
Pachybatrachus taqueti Báez and Rage, 1998 (gen preoccupied) |
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Pachycentrata fossils have been found in the In Beceten Formation located in Tahoua, Niger. [1] The fossils have been dated to the late/upper Coniacian to Santonian periods.[2] It is estimated to have snout-vent length about 7 centimetres (2.8 in).[1]