Llankibatrachus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Pipidae |
Genus: | †
Llankibatrachus Báez & Pugener 2003 [1] |
Type species | |
Llankibatrachus truebae Báez & Pugener 2003
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Llankibatrachus is an extinct genus of prehistoric frogs in the family Pipidae. They are known from the Ypresian ( Casamayoran) Huitrera Formation of Argentina. [2]
The type species and the only known species, Llankibatrachus truebae, [2] is named after Linda Trueb, a herpetologist from the University of Kansas. [1] The species is known from two deposits near the Nahuel Huapi Lake in north-western Patagonia, Argentina. The finds include nearly complete specimens with impressions of skin, and individuals of different developmental stages, including tadpoles. [1]