Ceratophrys (Lynch, 1971)

Nicoli, Laura, 2019, The fossil record of Ceratophrys Wied-Neuwied (Anura: Ceratophryidae): a revision and update of fossil South American horned frogs, Zootaxa 4658 (1), pp. 37-68 : 51

Ceratophrys sp. (FMNH P 14402) from Catamarca, Argentina ( Marshall & Patterson 1981)

An incomplete skull of Ceratophrys was collected in Puerta de Corral Quemado Locality ( Fig. 1 , locality 11), province of Catamarca, Argentina, by scientists from the Field Museum of Natural History 1926 ( Marshall & Patterson 1981). This fossil was neither described nor illustrated; it only was recorded (as Ceratophrys sp.) in the list of material collected and referred to the FMNH Collection (FMNH 14402; Marshall & Patterson 1981). Unfortunately, the specimen now is lost (W.F. Simpson [Collections Manager of Fossil Vertebrates, Department of Geology, FMNH], pers. Comm.).

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FIGURE 1. Distributional map of extant and fossil Ceratophrys. The phylogeny of the extant species of Ceratophyrs were proposed by Faivovich et al.(2014). The numbers in circles represent the fossiliferous localities mentioned in the article: 1, Arroyo Chasicó; 2, Arroyo Tapalqué; 3, Conchillas; 4, Farola Monte Hermoso; 5, Fortín Necochea; 6, Lagoa Santa; 7, Laguna de Los Tres Reyes; 8, Mar del Plata and Miramar cities; 9, Ñuapua; 10, Olivos; 11, Puerta de Corral Quemado; 12, Quehué; 13, San Antonio and Paso Alsina; 14, Tarija. Black circles: localities where the presence of Ceratophrys was confirmed; white circles: the presence of Ceratophrys remains unconfirmed. The distributions of the extant species of Ceratophrys are represented by areas that approximately include all the reported records for each species; the distribution of most species, however, is not well known. Distributions are based on Lynch (1982) with corrections and additions from Barrio-Amorós 2004; Barrio 1980; Langone 1995; Maciel et al. 2013; Maneyro & Langone 2001; Ortiz et al. 2013; Peters 1967; Rivero 1961; Stuart et al. 2008.