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 | |
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.