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Myobatrachidae (Australian froglet)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Myobatrachidae

Taxonomy
Myobatrachidae was named by Schlegel (1850) [Schlegel actually credits the naming of the family to the "Prince of Canino"]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Batrachia by Schlegel (1850); to Anura by Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Hyloidea by Sanchiz (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Myobatrachidae Schlegel p. 10
1996Myobatrachidae Frank and Ramus
1998Myobatrachidae Sanchiz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
—Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
superfamilyHyloideaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyMyobatrachidae
familyMyobatrachidae

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.

Fm. Myobatrachidae Schlegel 1850 [Australian froglet]
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Subfm. Limnodynastinae Tyler 1978
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G. Heleioporus Gray 1841
G. Kyarranus Moore 1958
G. Neobatrachus Peters 1863
G. Philoria Spencer 1901
Subfm. Myobatrachinae Schlegel 1850
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G. Crinia Tschudi 1838
G. Pseudophryne Fitzinger 1843
G. Myobatrachus Schlegel 1850
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Myobatrachus paradoxus Schlegel 1850
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Australia (Queensland) Crinia sp., Kyarranus sp. (183096)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Neobatrachus pictus (135983)