Hensonbatrachus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Genus: | †Hensonbatrachus |
| Species: | †H. kermiti
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| Binomial name | |
| †Hensonbatrachus kermiti Gardner & Brinkman, 2015
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Hensonbatrachus is an extinct genus of frog that lived during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch of western North America. It contains a single species, H. kermiti. The genus is named after Muppets creator Jim Henson, with the species being named after his most famous character, Kermit the Frog.[1]
Distribution
Fossils of Hensonbatrachus kermiti are known from Campanian-aged freshwater deposits in western North America, in both Canada and the United States. The first fossils were described from the Dinosaur Park Formation and Oldman Formation of Alberta, Canada.[1] In 2016, more remains were also described from the Judith River Formation of Montana, US.[2] Indeterminate remains of a similar frog are also known from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada.[3]
References
- ^ a b Gardner, James D.; Brinkman, Donald B. (2015). "A new frog (Lissamphibia, Anura) from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada". In O.R.P. Bininda-Emonds; G.L. Powell; H.A. Jamniczky; A.M. Bauer; J. Theodor (eds.). All animals are interesting: a Festschrift in honour of Anthony P. Russell. BIS Verlag. pp. 35–105. ISBN 978-3-8142-2324-7.
- ^ Gardner, James D.; Redman, Cory M.; Cifelli, Richard L. (2016-08-15). "The hopping dead: Late Cretaceous frogs from the middle – late Campanian (Judithian) of western North America". Fossil Imprint. 72 (1–2): 78–107. doi:10.14446/FI.2016.78. ISSN 2533-4069.
- ^ Whitebone, S. A.; Funston, G. F.; Currie, P. J. (2023-09-03). "An unusual microsite from the Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 43 (5). doi:10.1080/02724634.2024.2316668. ISSN 0272-4634.