Pelophylax pueyoi explained

Pelophylax pueyoi is an extinct species of large frog from Late Miocene of Spain. Initially classified as a member of the "green frog" complex within the genus Rana, it has since been reclassified into the genus Pelophylax as that genus has been split from Rana.^{[1] [2]}

It is known from a Konservat-Lagerstätte in the Libros sulphur mines of Teruel, where it is abundant.^{[3] [4]} Fossils of both adults and tadpoles are known.^[5]

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)

1. Web site: PBDB . 2024-03-22 . paleobiodb.org.
2. Sanchiz . B. . 2012-01-01 . Nomenclatural notes on living and fossil amphibians . Graellsia.
3. 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 . 0883-1351.
4. 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 . en . 42 . 2 . 10.1080/02724634.2022.2162410 . 0272-4634.
5. 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 . en . 43 . 3 . 290–306 . 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2009.00192.x . 0024-1164.