Shelania
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Shelania | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Pipidae |
Genus: | †Shelania Casamiquela 1960 |
Species | |
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Shelania is an extinct genus of prehistoric frogs that lived in South America during the Eocene. Its type species is Shelania pascuali. Fossils of Shelania have been found in the Mustersan Vaca Mahuida and Laguna del Hunco Formations of Argentina.[1]
See also
References
- ^ "†Shelania Casamiquela 1960". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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- Eocene amphibians
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