Calyptocephalella

Calyptocephalella gayi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Calyptocephalellidae
Genus: Calyptocephalella
Species: C. gayi – †C. canqueli – †C. casamayorensis – †C. parodii – †C. pichileufensis

Name

Calyptocephalella Strand, 1928

Type species: Calyptocephalus gayi Duméril & Bibron, 1841

Synonyms

• Peltocephalus Tschudi, 1838
• Calyptocephalus Duméril & Bibron, 1841
• Cephalopeltis Jiménez de la Espada, 1875
• Calyptocephala Nieden, 1923
• Calyptocephalella Strand, 1928
• Eophractus Schaeffer, 1949
• Gigantobatrachus Casamiquela, 1958

References

• Amphibian Species of the World 5.5. Calyptocephalella access date 3 May 2011.
• Gómez R.O., Báez A.M., Muzzopappa P. 2011. A new helmeted frog (Anura: Calyptocephalellidae) from an Eocene subtropical lake in northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 31 (1): 50–59. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2011.539654.
• Muzzopappa P., Báez A.M. 2009. Systematic status of the mid-Tertiary neobatrachian frog Calyptocephalella canqueli from Patagonia (Argentina), with comments on the evolution of the genus. Ameghiniana, 46 (1): 113–125. Full text.
• Myers C.W., Stothers R.B. 2006. The myth of Hylas revisited: the frog name Hyla and other commentary on Specimen medicum (1768) of J. N. Laurenti, the "father of herpetology". Archives of Natural History, 33 (2): 241–266. DOI: 10.3366/anh.2006.33.2.241.
• Strand, 1928, Arch. Naturgesch., Abt. A, 92: 55.

Vernacular names

English: Helmeted Water Toads