''Notobatrachus'' is an
extinct genus
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of
frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" ''Triadobatrachus'' is ...
from the
Lower Jurassic
The Early Jurassic Epoch (in chronostratigraphy corresponding to the Lower Jurassic Series) is the earliest of three epochs of the Jurassic Period. The Early Jurassic starts immediately after the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event, 201.3 Ma&nb ...
(Toarcian)
Cañadon Asfalto Formation,
Cañadón Asfalto Basin
The Cañadón Asfalto Basin ( es, Cuenca de Cañadón Asfalto) is an irregularly shaped sedimentary basin located in north-central Patagonia, Argentina. The basin stretches from and partly covers the North Patagonian Massif in the north, a high for ...
and Middle Jurassic
La Matilde Formation,
Deseado Massif of
Patagonia
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,
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
.
[Escapa et al., 2008] ''N. degiustoi'' is the most completely known Jurassic frog and has been recorded in many outcrops of the La Matilde Formation of the Deseado Massif in southern Patagonia.
[Báez & Nicoli, 2004, p.258]
Description
Most of the specimens of ''N. degiustoi'' are postmetamorphic individuals, snout-vent length between . CPBA-V-14003 consists of disarticulated cranial and postcranial elements, and may correspond either to a late metamorphosing tadpole or an early postmetamorphic individual.
[Báez & Nicoli, 2004, p.259]
References
Bibliography
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Further reading
* ''Wildlife of Gondwana: Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates from the Ancient Supercontinent'' (Life of the Past) by Pat Vickers Rich, Thomas Hewitt Rich, Francesco Coffa, and Steven Morton
* ''The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia'' by Michael J. Benton, Mikhail A. Shishkin, David M. Unwin, and Evgenii N. Kurochkin
* ''Fossil Frogs and Toads of North America'' (Life of the Past) by J. Alan Holman
Archaeobatrachia
Amphibian genera
Prehistoric frogs
Early Jurassic first appearances
Middle Jurassic extinctions
†Notobatrachus
Mesozoic frogs
Middle Jurassic amphibians
Jurassic amphibians of South America
Middle Jurassic tetrapods of South America
Jurassic Argentina
Fossils of Argentina
Cañadón Asfalto Formation
Fossil taxa described in 1956
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