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AVITABATRACHUS
(a-vee-ah-bah-trak-uss)
meaning: "ancient batrachos"
Named By: Maria Ana Baez, Linda Trueb & Jorge O. Calvo in 2000
Time Period: Middle Cretaceous, 99.6-93.5 Ma
Location: Argentina
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Carnivore/Insectivore
Fossil(s): Single specimen
Classification: | Chordata | Amphibia | Batrachia | Anura | Mesobatrachia | Pipoidea |
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Avitabatrachus uliana is the single species in the extinct genus Avitabatrachus, a genus of prehistoric frogs that lived in the Middle Cretaceous. Fossils of A. uliana were found in north-west Patagonia in Argentina. It was properly described in 2000 and was then concluded to be most closely related to Pipidae frogs and hence was included in Pipimorpha.

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