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Extinct species of amphibian
Pelophylax pueyoi frog from Late Miocene of Spain . Initially classified as a member of the "green frog" complex within the genus Rana Pelophylax Rana .[ 1] [ 2]
It is known from a Konservat-Lagerstätte in the Libros sulphur mines of Teruel , where it is abundant.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Rana pueyoi
References
Amphibian (DK Eyewitness Books) by Barry Clarke and Laura Buller (page 9)
Fossils (Expert Guides) by Brenda Lewis, Paula Hammond, and Carl Mehling (page 257) ^ "PBDB" . paleobiodb.org . Retrieved 2024-03-22 .^ Sanchiz, B. (2012-01-01). "Nomenclatural notes on living and fossil amphibians" . Graellsia . ^ Mcnamara, Maria E.; Orr, Patrick J.; Alcalá, Luis; Anadón, Pere; Peñalver, Enrique (2012). "What Controls the Taphonomy of Exceptionally Preserved Taxa—Environment or Biology? A Case Study Using Frogs from the Miocene Libros Konservat-Lagerstätte (teruel, Spain)" . PALAIOS . 27 (1/2): 63–77. Bibcode :2012Palai..27...63M . doi :10.2110/palo.2010.p10-126r . ISSN 0883-1351 . JSTOR 41511635 . ^ Blain, Hugues-Alexandre; Přikryl, Tomáš; Moreno-Ribas, Elena; Canudo, José Ignacio (2022-08-31). "The first discovery of in situ Pelophylax pueyoi (Amphibia: Anura) from the Late Miocene of Libros Konservat-Lagerstätte (Teruel, Spain)" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 42 (2). Bibcode :2022JVPal..42E2410B . doi :10.1080/02724634.2022.2162410 . ISSN 0272-4634 . ^ McNamara, Maria E.; Orr, Patrick J.; Kearns, Stuart L.; Alcalá, Luis; Anadón, Pere; Peñalver-Mollá, Enrique (2010). "Exceptionally preserved tadpoles from the Miocene of Libros, Spain: ecomorphological reconstruction and the impact of ontogeny upon taphonomy" . Lethaia . 43 (3): 290–306. Bibcode :2010Letha..43..290M . doi :10.1111/j.1502-3931.2009.00192.x . ISSN 0024-1164 .
