Chelomophrynus Temporal range:
Middle Eocene,
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Rhinophrynidae |
Genus: | †
Chelomophrynus Henrici, 1991 |
Type species | |
†Chelomophrynus bayi Henrici, 1991
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Chelomophrynus is an extinct genus of prehistoric anurans in the family Rhinophrynidae. [1] [2] A single species is known, Chelomophrynus bayi from the Uintan Wagon Bed Formation of Wyoming. [1] It was probably a subterranean feeder, like the modern member of the family, Rhinophrynus dorsalis. As most burrowing anurans, it likely used its hind feet for digging, thereby entering ground backwards. [2]