Enneabatrachus
Extinct genus of amphibians From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Enneabatrachus (meaning "[Quarry] nine frog") is an extinct genus of prehistoric frogs known from the late Jurassic Morrison Formation of the United States[1] and also the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Ksar Metlili Formation of Morocco.[2] The type species is E. hechti (named in 1993),[3] whose remains have been recovered from stratigraphic zone 5.[4]
| Enneabatrachus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Alytidae |
| Genus: | †Enneabatrachus Evans and Milner, 1993 |
| Species: | †E. hechti |
| Binomial name | |
| †Enneabatrachus hechti | |
One specimen has been recovered from Quarry 9 of Como Bluff in Wyoming and another specimen was later reported from Dinosaur National Monument.[1] The Como Bluff specimen was an ilium only a few millimeters long.[1] Indeterminate specimens are known from Morocco.[2]
E. hechti's live weight would have only been a few grams.[1]
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