Eopelobates

Eopelobates is an extinct genus of frogs in the family Pelobatidae.^[2] Closely related to the living European spadefoot toad, it is known from the Eocene of western North America, and the Eocene–Pliocene of Europe. It is suggested that the distribution over both Europe and North America is due to dispersal during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum.^[3]

Eopelobates Temporal range: Eocene–Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Eopelobates wagneri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Pelobatidae
Genus:	†Eopelobates Parker, 1929
Species
Eopelobates anthracinus Parker, 1929 Eopelobates bayeri Spinar, 1952 Eopelobates grandis Zweifel, 1956 Eopelobates hiuschei (Kuhn, 1941) Eopelobates wagneri (Weitzel, 1938)
Synonyms
Propelodytes wagneri Weitzel, 1938[1]

References

1. "†Eopelobates wagneri Weitzel 1938". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
2. "†Eopelobates Parker 1929". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
3. Roček, Zbyněk; Wuttke, Michael; Gardner, James D.; Singh Bhullar, Bhart-Anjan (2014). "The Euro-American genus Eopelobates, and a re-definition of the family Pelobatidae (Amphibia, Anura)". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 94 (4): 529–567. Bibcode:2014PdPe...94..529R. doi:10.1007/s12549-014-0169-5. ISSN 1867-1594.

• Spinar, Z.V. & Rocek, Z. 1984. The discovery of the impression of the ventral side of Eopelobates anthracinus Parker, 1929 holotype. Amphibia-Reptilia 5: 87–95.

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