Llankibatrachus

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| fossil_range = Ypresian (Casamayoran)
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| taxon = Llankibatrachus

| authority = Báez & Pugener 2003

| type_species = Llankibatrachus truebae

| type_species_authority = Báez & Pugener 2003

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Llankibatrachus is an extinct genus of prehistoric frogs in the family Pipidae. They are known from the Ypresian (Casamayoran) Huitrera Formation of Argentina.

Description

The type species and the only known species, Llankibatrachus truebae, is named after Linda Trueb, a herpetologist from the University of Kansas. The species is known from two deposits near the Nahuel Huapi Lake in north-western Patagonia, Argentina. The finds include nearly complete specimens with impressions of skin, and individuals of different developmental stages, including tadpoles.

References

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{{cite journal|last1=Baez|first1=Ana M.|last2=Pugener|first2=L. Analia |year=2003 |title=Ontogeny of a new Palaeogene pipid frog from southern South America and xenopodinomorph evolution |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=139 |issue=3 |pages=439–476 |doi=10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00085.x|doi-access=free }}

{{cite web |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=135385 |title=†Llankibatrachus Báez and Pugener 2003 |work=Paleobiology Database |publisher=Fossilworks |access-date=17 December 2021}}

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Category:Paleogene amphibians

Category:Eocene animals of South America

Category:Casamayoran

Category:Ypresian life

Category:Eocene Argentina

Category:Fossils of Argentina

Category:Fossil taxa described in 2003

Category:Paleogene Argentina

Llankibatrachus

Description

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