Mesophryne

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.

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