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Extinct genus of amphibians From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Altanulia is an extinct genus of prehistoric amphibian.[1]
Altanulia Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Genus: | †Altanulia Gubin, 1993 |
Type species | |
† Altanulia alifanovi Gubin, 1993 |
The holotype of Altanulia - PIN 553/300 -, consisting of an isolated 20 mm long maxilla bearing 45-47 teeth, was found by the Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition in the southern Gobi Desert, Nemegt Formation, and dates from the Upper Cretaceous (Upper Campanian-Lower Maastrichtian). Altanulia was diagnosed on the basis in the "Posterior part of maxilla deep, with longitudinal wedge-shaped labial depression; pterygoid tubercle of maxilla well expressed; frontal process in anterior part of bone."[2]
Altanulia belongs to the Discoglossidae, due to the shape and structure of the lingual surface of its maxilla.[2]
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