Name:
Mesophryne.
Phonetic: Me-so-fre-ney.
Named By: Ke-Qin Gao & Yuan Wang -
2001.
Classification: Chordata, Amphibia, Anura.
Species: M. beipiaoensis
(type).
Diet: Insectivore.
Size: About 69 millimetres long.
Known locations: China, Liaoning Province -
Yixian Formation.
Time period: Barremian to Aptian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Single specimen.
Mesophryne is a genus of frog that lived in China during the early Cretaceous.
Further reading
- Mesozoic anurans from Liaoning Province, China, and
phylogenetic relationships of archaeobatrachian anuran clades. -
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 (3): 460–476. -
Ke-Qin Gao & Yuan Wang - 2001.