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356 / Mesozoic
Vieraella
Vieraella herbstii
The adult tail was gone, but the trunk remained more primitive than in modern frogs.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 180 million years ago
- Final stage
- Early Jurassic
- Geographic range
- Freshwater pond margins · Patagonia, Argentina
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Vieraella?
Vieraella (Vieraella herbstii) was an extinct organism known from About 180 million years ago, with a range in Freshwater pond margins · Patagonia, Argentina.
Life and ecology
This early anuran probably hopped short distances and swam after small invertebrates.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Vieraella disappear?
Later Jurassic frog lineages appeared, but a younger fauna does not by itself show that they replaced this early form.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Vieraella?
One compressed skeleton preserves the skull, vertebral column and limbs, with missing regions restored cautiously.
04 / SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the source record
Use the scientific name to compare taxonomy, occurrence records and the fossil record. Database coverage and classifications may differ.
05 / REVISION HISTORY
How has this record changed?
- Rewrote an extinction cause that presented environmental or faunal turnover as established; it is now given as context the record does not prove.
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS