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PROSALIRUS
(pro-say-le-rus)
meaning: "leap forward"
Prosalirus
Named By: Neil H. Shubin & Farish A. Jenkins in 1995
Time Period: Early Jurassic[1]
Location: USA, Arizona - Kayenta Formation
Size: Up to 5 centimetres long
Diet: Insectivore
Fossil(s): Remains of three individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Amphibia | Anura | Prosaliridae |
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Prosalirus bitis is the name given to a fossilized prehistoric frog found in Arizona in 1981 by Farish Jenkins. Geographica; "Jurassic Frog hops into the record book", National Geographic; August 1996, pg.5.

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