Eopelobates
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| Eopelobates wagneri | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pelobatidae |
| Genus: | †Eopelobates Parker, 1929 |
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Eopelobates is an extinct genus of frogs in the family Pelobatidae.[2] Closely related to the living European spadefoot toad, it is known from the Eocene of western North America, and the Eocene–Pliocene of Europe.
Palaeobiology
[edit]Palaeoecology
[edit]Biogeochemical analysis of Eopelobates wagneri from the Messel Formation shows that it was a tertiary consumer based on it δ15N values. This is consistent with observed fossil evidence of it feeding on lizards, which have been preserved in the bromalites of this Eopelobates species.[3]
Palaeobiogeography
[edit]It is suggested that the distribution over both Europe and North America is due to dispersal during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "†Eopelobates wagneri Weitzel 1938". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ "†Eopelobates Parker 1929". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ Schweizer, Maia K.; Steele, Andrew; Toporski, Jan K. W.; Fogel, Marilyn L. (December 2007). "Stable isotopic evidence for fossil food webs in Eocene Lake Messel". Paleobiology. 33 (4): 590–609. doi:10.1666/05079.1. ISSN 0094-8373. Retrieved 25 January 2026 – via Cambridge Core.
- ↑ Roček, Zbyněk; Wuttke, Michael; Gardner, James D.; Singh Bhullar, Bhart-Anjan (2014). "The Euro-American genus Eopelobates, and a re-definition of the family Pelobatidae (Amphibia, Anura)". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 94 (4): 529–567. Bibcode:2014PdPe...94..529R. doi:10.1007/s12549-014-0169-5. ISSN 1867-1594.
- Spinar, Z.V. & Rocek, Z. 1984. The discovery of the impression of the ventral side of Eopelobates anthracinus Parker, 1929 holotype. Amphibia-Reptilia 5: 87–95.
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