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Pipinae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pipidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Pipinae Gray
1998Pipinae Sanchiz
2005Pipinae Báez and Harrison p. 725
2005Pipinae Trueb et al. p. 543
2018Pipinae Delfino and Sanchez-Villagra

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
XenoanuraSavage 1973
PipimorphaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyPipidaeGray 1825
subfamilyPipinaeGray 1825
subfamilyPipinaeGray 1825

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Pipinae Gray 1825
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Tr. Hymenochirini Bolkay 1919
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G. Hymenochirus Boulenger 1896 [African dwarf frog]
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Hymenochirus boettgeri Tornier 1896 [Zaire dwarf clawed frog]
Hymenochirus curtipes Noble 1924 [Western dwarf clawed frog]
G. Pseudhymenochirus Chabanaud 1920 [dwarf gray frog]
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Pseudhymenochirus merlini Chabanaud 1920 [Merlin's clawed frog]
G. †Pachycentrata Báez and Rage 2004
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Pachycentrata taqueti Báez and Rage 1998
Invalid names: Pachybatrachus Báez and Rage 1998 [replaced]
G. Pipa Laurenti 1768 [Surinam toad]
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Pipa carvalhoi Miranda-Ribeiro 1937 [Carvalho's Surinam toad]
Pipa parva Ruthven and Gage 1923 [Sabana Surinam toad]
Pipa pipa Linnaeus 1758 [Surinam toad]
G. †Singidella Báez and Harrison 2005
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Singidella latecostata Báez and Harrison 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Coniacian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 89.30000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.6 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.3 - 83.6Niger (Tahoua) Pipidae indet. (48867)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Tanzania Singidella latecostata (31499)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcón) Pipa sp. (63520)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela (Falcon) Pipa sp. (122033)