Mesophryne

Mesophryne
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Mesophryne
Gao & Wang, 2001
Species: M. beipiaoensis
Binomial name
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 a single specimen 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]

References

  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.
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