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Mesophryne

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Mesophryne
Block of M. beipiaoensis fossils, Tianjin Natural History Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Genus: Mesophryne
Gao & Wang, 2001
Type species
Mesophryne beipiaoensis
Gao & Wang, 2001

Mesophryne beipiaoensis is an extinct species of frog, from the Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning (China), and the only species in the genus Mesophryne. It is known from several specimens collected near Heitizigou, 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Beipiao, from which the specific epithet derives. The specimen has a snout–vent length of 69 millimetres (2.7 in).[1] While some authors have suggested Mesophryne is a synonym of Liaobatrachus, this has been rejected by other authors. Morphological measurements of these features were compared with extant relatives to produce a phylogenetic analysis suggesting that it is a crown group frog, which was more derived than Ascaphus and Leiopelma, but less so than alytids and other more advanced frogs.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Ke-Qin Gao & Yuan Wang (2001). "Mesozoic anurans from Liaoning Province, China, and phylogenetic relationships of archaeobatrachian anuran clades". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 21 (3): 460–476. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0460:MAFLPC]2.0.CO;2.
  2. ^ Gao, Ke-Qin; Chen, Jianye (2017-03-14). "A New Crown-Group Frog (Amphibia: Anura) from the Early Cretaceous of Northeastern Inner Mongolia, China". American Museum Novitates (3876): 1–39. doi:10.1206/3876.1. ISSN 0003-0082.