The taxonomic placement of the Miocene Patagonian frog Wawelia gerholdi (Amphibia: Anura)

Abstract

Martinelli & Forasiepi 2004"Leptodactylidae"; considered possibly related to Calyptocephalella (as Caudiverbera) in the discussion.

The phylogeny of the Casque‐headed Treefrogs (Hylidae: Hylinae: Lophyohylini)

“…Other than in Lophyohylini, skull hyperossification is known to occur in hylids in the Hylini Triprion , some species of Smilisca (Duellman, 1970; Trueb, 1970a), some species of Ecnomiohyla (Mendelson et al, 2015), and in a few species of the pelodryadine Ranoidea (Lynch, 1971; Tyler and Martin, 1975). It occurs also with different degrees of development in at least three extinct crown neobatrachians of dubious relationships with extant families ( Baurubatrachus pricei , Beelzebufo ampinga and the genus Thaumastosaurus ; Laloy et al, 2013; Evans et al, 2014; Nicoli et el., 2016; Báez and Gómez, 2018), and in another 17 crown anuran families: Brachycephalidae ( Brachycephalus ; Silva et al, 2007; Campos et al, 2010), Bufonidae (multiple genera; e.g. McDiarmid, 1971; Trueb, 1971; Martin, 1972; Ruiz‐Carranza and Hernández‐Camacho, 1976, 1978; Pramuk, 2006), Calyptocephalellidae ( Calyptocephalella ; Parker, 1881; Reinbach, 1939), Ceratobatrachidae ( Cornufer guentheri ; Boulenger, 1886; Laurent, 1943a), Ceratophryidae (all genera; Reig, 1960; Reig and Limeses, 1963), Craugastoridae (some species of Lynchius , Pristimantis , and Strabomantis ; e.g.…”

What happened in the South American Gran Chaco? Diversification of the endemic frog genus Lepidobatrachus Budgett, 1899 (Anura: Ceratophryidae)

“…Fossil calibration is largely the best practice to estimate divergence time; however, justifying the use of a fossil record is not trivial (Parham et al, 2012). Several authors have recently questioned the taxonomic position of the fossils historically assigned to Ceratophryidae, Beelzebufo ampinga (Evans et al, 2008), Baurubatrachus pricei (Báez and Perí, 1989), and Wawelia geroldhi (Casamiquela, 1963) (Agnolín, 2012;Báez et al, 2005;Faivovich et al, 2014;Nicoli et al, 2016), and their use as calibration points (Faivovich et al, 2014;Nicoli et al, 2017). On the other hand, in the last few years fossil data for Ceratophryidae significantly increased, with several new fossil records for the genus Ceratophrys and one for the genus Lepidobatrachus (Fernicola, 2001; Tomassini et al, 2011; Nicoli, 2014; Nicoli et al, 2017).…”

New material of the frog Hungarobatrachus szukacsi Szentesi & Venczel, 2010, from the Santonian of Hungary, supports its neobatrachian affinities and reveals a Gondwanan influence on the European Late Cretaceous anuran fauna

“…The Evans et al (2008) CTM retained the same characters, but differed in consolidating some taxa (i.e., combining some congeners into genus) and adding additional taxa, including extinct ones. The Evans et al (2008) CTM is appropriate for assessing relationships of the moderately hyperossified Hungarobatrachus szukacsi, because that CTM and its variants have proved informative for assessing relationships across a broad spectrum of extant and extinct hyperossified anurans (e.g., Evans et al 2008Evans et al , 2014Báez et al 2009;Laloy et al 2013;Nicoli et al 2016;Báez & Gómez 2018).…”

“…The Mesozoic record for neobatrachians (see reviews by Sanchiz 1998; Roček 2000) is largely limited to former Gondwanan landmasses: in South America from the Aptian-Albian, Turonian-Santonian, and Campanian-Maastrichtian of Brazil and the Campanian-Maastrichtian of Argentina (e.g., Báez 1987;Carvalho et al 2003;Báez et al 2009Báez et al , 2012Agnolin 2012;Nicoli et al 2016;Báez & Gómez 2018); in continental Africa from the Cenomanian of Sudan and the Coniacan-Santonian of Niger and, possibly, the Cenomanian of Morocco (Báez & Werner 1996;Báez & Rage 2004;Agnolin 2012); and in the Maastrichtian of both India (e.g., Noble 1930;Špinar & Hodrova 1985;Prasad & Rage 1995 and Madagascar (Evans et al 2008, 2014.…”