Lithobatrachus

Lithobatrachus[1] is an extinct genus of prehistoric amphibian. It was described in 1929 by Hampton Wildman Parker based on a poorly preserved specimen that was first described as Hyla europaea by Gladwyn Kingsley Noble the year before.[4] The two engaged in a debate whether the new genus was warranted.[4][5] It might belong to the family Palaeobatrachidae, but this remains ambiguous.[4]

Lithobatrachus Temporal range: Oligocene, 28.4–23.03 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Genus:	†Lithobatrachus Parker, 1929[2]
Type species
†Hyla europaea Noble, 1928[3]

See also

• Prehistoric amphibian
• List of prehistoric amphibians

References

1. "†Lithobatrachus". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
2. Parker, H.W. (1929). "Two fossil frogs from the Lower Miocene of Europe". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10. 4 (21): 270–281. doi:10.1080/00222932908673051.
3. "†Hyla europaea Noble 1928". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
4. Wuttke, Michael; Přikryl, Tomáš; Ratnikov, Viacheslav Yu.; Dvořák, Zdeněk & Roček, Zbyněk (2012). "Generic diversity and distributional dynamics of the Palaeobatrachidae (Amphibia: Anura)". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 92 (3): 367–395. doi:10.1007/s12549-012-0071-y.
5. Parker, H. W. (1929). "The status of the extinct frog, Lithobatrachus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10. 6 (32): 201–205. doi:10.1080/00222933.1930.11070798.