Ranidae, RAFINESQUE, 1814

Syromyatnikova, Elena, Tesakov, Alexey, Mayda, Serdar, Kaya, Tanju & Saraç, Gerçek, 2019, Plio-Pleistocene Amphibians And Reptiles From Central Turkey: New Faunas And Faunal Records With Comments On Their Biochronological Position Based On Small Mammals, Fossil Imprint 75 (3 - 4), pp. 343-358 : 351

Ranidae indet.

Text-fig. 5i

M a t e r i a l. One angular, EUNHM PV-13237,

Hamamkarahisar A, early Pliocene, MN 14.

D e s c r i p t i o n. The angular is slightly S-shaped and lacks the anterior and posterior sections. The coronoid process is nearly rectangular and smooth dorsally (without rugosity). The groove for Meckel’s cartilage is approximately equally widened anteriorly and posteriorly. The crista mandibulae externa is relatively low.

R e m a r k s. The described angular differs from those assigned to Pelophylax sp. (see above) in having a smooth rectangular coronoid process. The poor osteological characteristics of the extant species prevent identification of the material to the genus-level.

Figures

Text-fig. 5. Amphibians: a, b – Latonia sp. from Nasrettinhoca 2: a – left ilium in lateral (a1) and medial (a2) views, and junctura ilioischiadica (a3), EUNHM PV-13223; b – left ilium in lateral (b1) and medial (b2) views, EUNHM PV-13224; c – right angular of Palaeobatrachus sp. from Mercan 1, in medial (c1) and dorsal (c2) views, EUNHM PV-13225; d – left ilium of Pelobates sp. from Nasrettinhoca 2 in lateral (d1) and medial (d2) views, EUNHM PV-13226; e – right ilium of Bufotes viridis s. l. from Nasrettinhoca 2, in lateral (e1) and medial (e2) views, EUNHM PV-13227; f – left angular of Pelophylax sp. from Mercan 1, in dorsal view, EUNHM PV-13228; g – right ilium of Pelophylax sp. from Mercan 1, in lateral (g1) and medial (g2) views, EUNHM PV-13229; h – right ilium of Pelophylax sp. from Hoyhoytepe 1, in lateral (h1) and medial (h2) views, EUNHM PV-13234; i – left angular of Ranidae indet. from Hamamkarahisar A, in dorsal view, EUNHM PV-13237. Scale equals 1 mm.