Altanulia

Altanulia is an extinct genus of frogs.^[1]

Altanulia Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 99.6–65.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Genus:	†Altanulia Gubin, 1993
Type species
† Altanulia alifanovi Gubin, 1993

Description

The holotype of Altanulia - PIN 553/300 -, consisting of an isolated 20 mm long maxilla bearing 45-47 teeth, was found by the Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition in the southern Gobi Desert, Nemegt Formation, and dates from the Upper Cretaceous (Upper Campanian-Lower Maastrichtian). Altanulia was diagnosed on the basis in the "Posterior part of maxilla deep, with longitudinal wedge-shaped labial depression; pterygoid tubercle of maxilla well expressed; frontal process in anterior part of bone."^[2]

Classification

Altanulia belongs to the Discoglossidae, due to the shape and structure of the lingual surface of its maxilla.^[2]

See also

• Prehistoric amphibian
• List of prehistoric amphibians