Calyptocephalellidae
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| Description | The Calyptocephalellidae are a family of toads found in Chile containing two living genera, Calyptocephalella and Telmatobufo, as well as the prehistoric, extinct giant Australobatrachia. The genus Calyptocephalella contains one living species, the helmeted water toad (C. gayi), which is a very large and mostly aquatic. The genus Telmatobufo contains four species, T. australis, T. bullocki, T. ignotus, and T. venustus. All five living species within the family are considered threatened, with T. bullocki and T. venustus being classified as critically endangered. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calyptocephalellidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 4.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Anura : Calyptocephalellidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Calyptocephalellidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calyptocephalellidae |
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Calyptocephalella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Telmatobufo genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!