Enneabatrachus

Enneabatrachus hechti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Family: Discoglossidae
Genus: Enneabatrachus†
Species: E. hechti†
Binomial name
Enneabatrachus hechti

Enneabatrachus hechti is an extinct species of an extinct genus of prehistoric frog known from the late Jurassic Morrison Formation.[1] Its remains have been recovered from stratigraphic zone 5.[2] One specimen has been recovered from Quarry 9 of Como Bluff in Wyoming and another specimen was later reported from Dinosaur National Monument.[1] A small discoglossid frog whose name means "nine frog" after the quarry in which it was discovered.[1] The Como Bluff specimen was an illium only a few millimeters long.[1] E. hechti's live weight would have only been a few grams.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Foster, J. (2007). "Enneabatrachus hechti" Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. p. 137.
  2. ↑ Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.


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