Pelophylax pueyoi

Pelophylax pueyoi Temporal range:
Fossil at Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Ranidae
Genus:	Pelophylax
Species:	†P. pueyoi
Binomial name
†Pelophylax pueyoi (Navás, 1922)
Synonyms
Rana pueyoi Navás, 1922

Pelophylax pueyoi is an extinct species of large frog from Late Miocene of Spain. Initially classified as a member of the "green frog" complex within the genus Rana, it has since been reclassified into the genus Pelophylax as that genus has been split from Rana.

It is known from a Konservat-Lagerstätte in the Libros sulphur mines of Teruel, where it is abundant. Fossils of both adults and tadpoles are known.

Rana pueyoi

References

• Amphibian (DK Eyewitness Books) by Barry Clarke and Laura Buller (page 9)
• Fossils (Expert Guides) by Brenda Lewis, Paula Hammond, and Carl Mehling (page 257)

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Blain, Hugues-Alexandre; Přikryl, Tomáš; Moreno-Ribas, Elena; Canudo, José Ignacio (2022-08-31). "The first discovery of in situ Pelophylax pueyoi (Amphibia: Anura) from the Late Miocene of Libros Konservat-Lagerstätte (Teruel, Spain)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 42 (2). Bibcode:2022JVPal..42E2410B. doi:10.1080/02724634.2022.2162410. ISSN 0272-4634.

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