Altanulia is an extinct genus of prehistoric amphibian.[1]
| Altanulia Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Genus: | †Altanulia Gubin, 1993 |
| Type species | |
| † Altanulia alifanovi Gubin, 1993
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Description edit
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 edit
Altanulia belongs to the Discoglossidae, due to the shape and structure of the lingual surface of its maxilla.[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Martín, C.; Sanchiz, B. (2014). "Altanulia Gubin, 1993a". Lisanfos KMS. Version 1.2. Online reference accessible at www.lisanfos.mncn.csic.es. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, MNCN-CSIC, Madrid (Spain). Archived from the original on 2014-03-09. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ a b Benton, Michael J.; Shishkin, Mikhail A.; Unwin, David M.; Kurochkin, Evgenii N. (2003-12-04). The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-54582-2.
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