Holotype right ilium of Scaphiopus hardeni (MSU-VP 753). From Holman (1975).
Bones referred to Scaphiopus hardeni (MSU-VP 755), fragmentary maxilla. From Holman (1975).
AMPHIBIA (Amphibians) ANURA (Frogs) SCAPHIOPODIDAE (North American Spadefoots)
Harden's Spadefoot
†Scaphiopus hardeni
Holman 1975
Conservation Status:
Extinct
Diagnosis:
A Scaphiopus of the subgenus Scaphiopus, intermediate between Scaphiopus wardorum Estes and Tihen of the upper Miocene and Scaphiopus holbrooki and Scaphiopus couchii of the Pleistocene and Recent. Differs from S. wardorum in being smaller and in having its ilium with the ventral acetabular expansion (sub-acetabular expansion)
much wider anterior to the acetabulum. Differs
from S. holbrooki and S. couchi in the much more well-developed and rugged dorsal protuberance of the ilium.
Distribution:
(, Museum Voucher) (, Observation) (, Literature Record) (, iNat Record), ( Fossil)
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Occurrence Summary:
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3
Records
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3
Museum Vouchers
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Other Observations
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County Breakdown: County Name (# occurrences):
Trego (3);
Remarks:
Named in honor of Warren L. Hardin for his contributions to the knowledge of the history and the paleohistory of Trego County, Kansas.
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1975
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Holman, J. Alan. Herpetofauna of the WaKeeney local fauna (Lower Pliocene: Clarendionian) of Trego County, Kansas. Pages 49-66 in Studies on Cenozoic
Paleontology and Stratigraphy
in honor of
Claude W. Hibbard. Museum of Paleontology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. pp.
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