Lithobatrachus
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| Lithobatrachus Temporal range: Oligocene, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Genus: | †Lithobatrachus Parker, 1929[2] |
| Type species | |
| †Hyla europaea | |
Lithobatrachus[1] is an extinct genus of prehistoric amphibian. It was described in 1929 by Hampton Wildman Parker based on a poorly preserved specimen that was first described as Hyla europaea by Gladwyn Kingsley Noble the year before.[4] The two engaged in a debate whether the new genus was warranted.[4][5] It might belong to the family Palaeobatrachidae, but this remains ambiguous.[4]
