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Cratia
Temporal range: Aptian
~112  Ma
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Cratia

Báez et al. 2009
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  • C. gracilis Báez et al. 2009 ( type)

Cratia is an extinct frog which existed in Brazil during the Early Cretaceous ( Aptian). Fossils were discovered in and named after the Crato Formation. [1] It was named by Ana M. Báez, Geraldo J.B. Moura and Raúl O. Gómez in 2009, and the type species is Cratia gracilis. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b Ana M. Báez; Geraldo J.B. Moura & Raúl O. Gómez (2009). "Anurans from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of northeastern Brazil: implications for the early divergence of neobatrachians". Cretaceous Research. 30 (4): 829–846. Bibcode: 2009CrRes..30..829B. doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.01.002.