Named By: | Z. Szentesi & M. Venczel in 2010 |
Time Period: | Santonian |
Location: | Hungary - Csehbanya Formation |
Size: | Uncertain |
Diet: | Insectivore |
Fossil(s): | Ilia and tibio-fibulae |
Classification: | | Chordata | Amphibia | Anura | Neobatrachia | Ranoidea | |
Hungarobatrachus (meaning "Hungarian frog") is an extinct genus of advanced frog. It is a ranoid which lived during the upper Cretaceous period (Santonian age) in what is now Hungary. It is known from isolated ilia and tibio-fibulae recovered from the Iharkut locality in the Csehbanya Formation. This genus was named by Zoltan Szentesi and Marton Venczel in 2010, and the type species is Hungarobatrachus szukacsi.