Enneabatrachus
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Enneabatrachus†
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E. hechti†
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Enneabatrachus hechti |
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Foster, J. (2007). "Enneabatrachus hechti" Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. p. 137.
- ↑ 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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