Palaeobatrachus sp.
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https://doi.org/ 10.2478/if-2019-0022 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B387BB-DF6E-FFAC-FB86-F8A90939F78E |
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Diego |
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Palaeobatrachus sp. |
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M a t e r i a l. One angular, EUNHM PV-13225, Mercan 1, late Pliocene, MN 16.
D e s c r i p t i o n. The specimen is represented by a fragment of a single left angular without the anterior and posterior extremities. The angular is robust and sigmoid in shape. The coronoid process is dorsoventrally compressed (as in other palaeobatrachids) and concave dorsally ( Roček 2013). It is not restricted posteriorly and continues as a dorsally flat ridge. The groove for Meckel’s cartilage is markedly narrowed at the level of the coronoid process.
R e m a r k s. The specimen is assigned to Palaeobatrachidae based on the robustness of the bone and shape of the coronoid process. Since Albionbatrachus (the second genus within Palaeobatrachidae ) is known only from the Eocene and Oligocene ( Meszoely et al. 1984, Venczel et al. 2013), we provisionally assigned the palaeobatrachid from Mercan 1 to Palaeobatrachus .
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