Macropelobates

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| fossil_range = Early Oligocene to Middle Miocene, {{Fossil range|33.90|11.61}}

| taxon = Macropelobates

| authority = Noble, 1924

| type_species = {{extinct}} Macropelobates osborni

| type_species_authority = Noble, 1924

| subdivision_ranks =

| subdivision =

M. linquensis (J. Yang, 1977)
Bufo linquensis J. Yang, 1977
M. cratus Gao, 1986 – synonym
M. osborni Noble, 1924

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Macropelobates is an extinct genus of prehistoric frogs. It was described by Gladwyn Kingsley Noble based on material from Oligocene of Mongolia.

Species

The genus contains two species:{{cite web |url=http://www.lisanfos.mncn.csic.es/?module=taxones_search&lang=en |title=Macropelobates Noble, 1924 |author1=Martín, C. |author2=Sanchiz, B. |name-list-style=amp |year=2014 |work=Lisanfos KMS. Version 1.2. Online reference accessible at www.lisanfos.mncn.csic.es |publisher=Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, MNCN-CSIC, Madrid (Spain) |access-date=14 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620063812/http://www.lisanfos.mncn.csic.es/?module=taxones_search&lang=en |archive-date=20 June 2013 |url-status=dead }}

Macropelobates linquensis (J. Yang, 1977) — Shandong, China
Macropelobates osborni Noble, 1924 — Tsagan Nor Basin, Mongolia

The two species are similar, however, and might be synonymous.

References

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{{cite web |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37451 |title=†Macropelobates Noble 1924 |work=Paleobiology Database |publisher=Fossilworks |access-date=17 December 2021}}

{{cite journal |last1=Roček|first1=Zbyněk|last2=Dong|first2=Liping|last3=Přikryl|first3=Tomáš|last4=Sun|first4=Chengkai|last5=Tan|first5=Jin|last6=Wang|first6=Yuan |title=Fossil frogs (Anura) from Shanwang (Middle Miocene; Shandong Province, China) |journal=Geobios |date=September 2011 |volume=44 |issue=5 |pages=499–518 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2010.11.009|bibcode=2011Geobi..44..499R }}

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Category:Pelobatidae

Category:Miocene amphibians

Category:Prehistoric amphibian genera

Category:Prehistoric frogs

Category:Oligocene amphibians

Category:Prehistoric amphibians of Asia

Category:Fossil taxa described in 1924

Category:Taxa named by Gladwyn Kingsley Noble

Macropelobates

Species

See also

References