Rhadinosteus parvus

Rhadinosteus parvus
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian, 150.8–155.7 Ma
↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Suborder: Mesobatrachia
Superfamily: Pipoidea
Family: Rhinophrynidae
Genus: Rhadinosteus
Species: †R. parvus
Henrici, 1998[1]

Rhadinosteus parvus (meaning "long slender bone") is an extinct species of prehistoric frogs that lived during the Late Jurassic.[2][3][4] Fossils of the species were found at the Rainbow Park site in Utah's Dinosaur National Monument, from several slabs of rock which contain multiple partial specimens. R. parvus was likely a member of Pipoidea and may have been a member of the Rhinophrynidae family.[3][5]

Description

R. parvus was a moderately sized frog, 42mm in length. Unlike the other members of Pipoidea its skeleton is not specialized for any specific task (such as aquatic life in Pipimorpha species).[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Paleobiology Database". http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=81823&is_real_user=1. Retrieved 3 January 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Henrici, Amy C. (July 15, 1998). "A New Pipoid Anuran from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation at Dinosaur National Monument, Utah". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology) 18 (2): 321–332. JSTOR 4523902. 
  3. ^ a b Foster, J. (2007). "Rhadinosteus parvus." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. p. 137.
  4. ^ "Tree of Life: Rhadinosteus parvus". 29 November 2008. http://tolweb.org/Rhadinosteus_parvus/106174. Retrieved 3 January 2010. 
  5. ^ Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.