Enneabatrachus
| Enneabatrachus Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Alytidae |
| Genus: | †Enneabatrachus Evans and Milner, 1993 |
| Species: | †E. hechti
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| †Enneabatrachus hechti | |
Enneabatrachus is an extinct genus of prehistoric frogs known from the late Jurassic Morrison Formation.[1] It is represented by a single species, E. hechti (named in 1993),[2] whose remains have been recovered from stratigraphic zone 5.[3] One specimen has been recovered from Quarry 9 of Como Bluff in Wyoming and another specimen was later reported from Dinosaur National Monument.[1] A small discoglossid frog whose name means "nine frog" after the quarry in which it was discovered.[1] The Como Bluff specimen was an ilium only a few millimeters long.[1] E. hechti's live weight would have only been a few grams.[1]
See also[]
- Prehistoric amphibian
- List of prehistoric amphibians
- Paleobiota of the Morrison Formation
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Foster, J. (2007). "Enneabatrachus hechti" Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. p. 137.
- ^ S. E. Evans and A. R. Milner. (1993). Frogs and salamanders from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation (Quarry Nine, Como Bluff) of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(1):24-30
- ^ Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.
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