Palaeobatrachus (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Palaeobatrachus ('ancient frog') was a primitive frog from the Tertiary period (22-5 million years ago), Central Europe. Although not closely related, it resembled the present day African clawed toad Xenopus.Its skeletal remains are plentiful in freshwater sediments in western Bohemia, in Geiseltal (west Germany) and in east Germany. They are sometimes preserved very well indeed, with impressions of internal organs, muscles, nerves, blood vessels and epidermis, and with traces of coloring. Tadpoles and eggs have also been found.