Shomronella

{{Short description|Extinct genus of amphibians}}

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| fossil_range = Lower Cretaceous, {{Fossil range|136.4|125.0}}

| image = Shomronella jordanica.jpg

| display_parents = 2

| genus = Shomronella

| parent_authority = Estes et al., 1978{{cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=134502|title=Shomronella|publisher=The Paleobiology Database|access-date=2009-10-11}}

| species = jordanica

| authority = Estes et al., 1978

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Shomronella jordanica is the only species in the extinct genus Shomronella, a genus of prehistoric frogs.{{cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=134503|title=Shomronella jordanica|publisher=The Paleobiology Database|access-date=2009-10-11}} According to findings from fossils of S. jordanica, that were found in Jordan and Israel, the frog lived during the Lower Cretaceous, specifically in the Hauterivian to Barremian.{{cite journal|last=Chipman|first=Ariel D.|author2=Eitan Tchernov |year=2002|title=Ancient ontogenies: larval development of the Lower Cretaceous anuran Shomronella jordanica (Amphibia: Pipoidea)|journal=Evolution & Development|publisher=Blackwell Science|volume=4|issue=2|pages=86–95|doi=10.1046/j.1525-142X.2002.01064.x|pmid=12004966 |url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118932840/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105052624/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118932840/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-05}}

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