Genera and species of Paleocene amphibians

Class Amphibia

Order Gymnophiona

Family Caeciliidae

Apodops Estes & Waje, 1972
A. pricei Estes & Wake, 1972 *  (type loc. Itaboraian/Riochican Itaboraí, Brazil)

Order Allocaudata

Family Albanerpetonidae

Albanerpeton Estes & Hoffstetter, 1976
Later species: A. inexpectatum Estes & Hoffstetter, 1976 * (type loc. Middle Miocene France)
A. sp.  (Late Paleocene North America)

Order Caudata

Family Cryptobranchidae

Cryptobranchus Leuckart, 1821
Later species: C. alleganiensis (Daudin, 1802) * (recent)
C. saskatchewanensis Naylor, 1981  (type loc. Tiffanian Saskatchewan)

Aviturus Gubin, 1991
A. exsecratus Gubin, 1991 *  (type loc. Gashatan Naran-Bulak, Mongolia)

Ulanurus Gubin, 1991
U. fractus Gubin, 1991 *  (type loc. Gashatan Naran-Bulak, Mongolia)

Family Proteidae

Necturus Rafinesque, 1818
Later species: N. maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818) * (recent)
N. krausei Naylor, 1978  (type loc. Tiffanian Saskatchewan)

Family Batrachosauroididae

Opisthotriton Auffenberg, 1961
O. kayi Auffenberg, 1961 *  (type loc. Lancian Wyoming, also Puercan Montana, Torrejonian Medicine Rocks 1, Montana, Tiffanian Princeton Quarry, Wyoming)
O. gidleyi Sullivan, 1991  (type loc. Torrejonian Gidley/Silberling Quarry, Montana)

Prodesmodon Estes, 1964
P. copei Estes, 1964 *  (type loc. Lancian Wyoming, also Puercan Montana)
= Cuttysarkus mcnallyi Estes, 1964 (type loc. Lancian Wyoming)

Palaeoproteus Herre, 1935
Later species: P. klatti Herre, 1935 * (type loc. Middle Eocene Geiseltal, Germany)
P. gallicus Estes, Hecht & Hoffstetter 1967  (type loc. Cernaysian Cernay, France)

Family Amphiumidae

Amphiuma Garden, 1821
Later species: A. means Garden, 1821 * (recent)
A. jepseni Estes, 1969  (type loc. Tiffanian Princeton Quarry, Wyoming)

Proamphiuma Estes, 1969
P. cretacea Estes, 1969 *  (type loc. Puercan Bug Creek Anthills, Montana)

Family Dicamptodontidae

Dicamptodon Strauch, 1870
Later species: D. ensatus (Eschscholtz 1833) * (recent)
D. antiquus Naylor & Fox, 1993  (type loc. Paleocene Alberta)

Ambystomichnus Peabody, 1954 (genus for trackways)
A. montanensis (Gilmore, 1928) *  [Ammobatrachus montanensis Gilmore, 1928]  (type loc. Paleocene Montana)

Geyeriella Herre, 1950
G. mertensi Herre, 1950 *  (type loc. Thanetian Walbeck, Germany)

Wolterstorffiella Herre, 1950
W. wiggeri Herre, 1950 *  (type loc. Thanetian Walbeck, Germany)

Family Scaherpetonidae

Scaherpeton Cope, 1877
= Hedronchus Cope, 1877
= Hemitrypus Cope, 1877
S. tectum Cope, 1877 *  (type loc. Judithian Montana, also Puercan Montana, Torrejonian Medicine Rocks 1, Montana Tiffanian Wyoming and Alberta)
= S. excisum Cope, 1877
= S. favosum Cope, 1877
= S. laticolle Cope, 1877
= Hedronchus sternbergi Cope, 1877
= Hemitrypus jordanianus Cope, 1877

Lisserpeton Estes, 1965
L. bairdi Estes, 1965 *  (type loc. Lancian Montana, also Puercan Montana, Torrejonian Medicine Rocks 1, Montana, Tiffanian Paleocene Wyoming)

Piceoerpeton Meszoely, 1967
P. willwoodense Meszoely, 1967 * [incorrectly P. willwoodensis]  (type loc. Wasatchian Wyoming, also Tiffanian Wyoming, Montana, Wannagan Creek Quarry, North Dakota, Alberta and Saskatchewan, Clarkforkian Wyoming)

Family Salamandridae

Koalliella Herre, 1950 [incorrectly Koaliella]
K. genzeli Herre, 1950 *  (type loc. Thanetian Walbeck, Germany, also Cernaysian Cernay, France)

Salamandra Laurenti, 1768
Later species: S. salamandra (Linnaeus, 1758) * (recent)
Occurrence uncertain: cf. S. sp.  (Cernaysian Cernay, France)

Family Sirenidae

Habrosaurus Gilmore, 1928
= Adelphesiren Goin & Auffenberg, 1958
H. dilatus Gilmore, 1928 *  (type loc. Lancian Wyoming, also Torrejonian Medicine Rocks 1, Montana, Tiffanian Wyoming)
= Adelphesiren olivae Goin & Auffenberg, 1958 * (type loc. Lancian Wyoming)

Order Salienta

Family Discoglossidae

Scotiophryne Estes, 1969
S. pustulosa Estes, 1969 *  (type loc. Puercan Bug Creek Anthills, Montana, also Puercan Montana)

Family Palaeobatrachidae

Palaeobatrachus Tschudi, 1839
= Bufonopsis Kuhn, 1941
= Lithobatrachus Parker, 1929
= Pelobatinopsis Kuhn, 1941
= Probatrachus Peters, 1878
= Protopelobates Bieber, 1880
= Quinquevertebron Kuhn, 1941
Later species: P. diluvianus (Goldfuss, 1831) * (type loc. Oligocene/Miocene Germany)
P. sp. (Cernaysian Cernay, France)
Occurrence uncertain: P.? occidentalis  (type loc. Lancian Wyoming, possibly also Puercan Bug Creek Anthills, Montana)

Family Pipidae

Xenopus Wagler, 1827
Later species: X. boiei Wagler, 1827 * (recent)
X. romeri Estes, 1975  (type loc. Itaboraian/Riochican Itaboraí, Brazil)

Family Rhinophrynidae

Eorhinophrynus Hecht, 1959
Later species: E. septentrionalis Hecht, 1959 * (type loc. Bridgerian Wyoming)
E. sp.  (Tiffanian Princeton Quarry, Wyoming)

Family Pelobatidae

Eopelobates Parker, 1929 ("Eopelobates" from Late Cretaceous to Early Oligocene of North America represents a different genus)
Later species: E. anthracinus Parker, 1929 * (type loc. Oligocene/Miocene Germany)
"E." sp.  (Puercan Bug Creek Anthills, Montana)

Family Leptodactylidae

Estesiella Báez, 1995 (replacement for Estesius)
= Estesius Báez, 1991 (preoccupied)
E. boliviensis (Baéz, 1991) * [Estesius boliviensis Baéz, 1991]  (type loc. Tiupampan Tiupampa, Bolivia)

Caudiverbera Laurenti, 1768
= Calyptocephalella Strand, 1926
= Eophractus Schaeffer, 1949
= Gigantobatrachus Casamiquela, 1958
Later species: C. peruviana (Linnaeus, 1758) * (recent)
Occurrence uncertain: aff. C. sp.  (Peligran Punta Peligro, Argentina, Itaboraian Las Flores, Argentina)

Family Bufonidae

Bufo Laurenti, 1768
Later species: B. bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) * (recent)
B. sp.  (Itaboraian/Riochican Itaboraí, Brazil)

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