Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas

Plate 15, Figure 3, from the original description (Taylor, 1942). The greater part of the sacrum of *Anchylorana moorei* Holotype, KUVP 6375; (A) dorsal view, (B) ventral view.

AMPHIBIA (Amphibians) ANURA (Frogs) RANIDAE (True Frogs)

Moore's Frog
†Anchylorana moorei Taylor 1942

Conservation Status:
Extinct

Diagnosis:
The sacral and the preceding vertebra are fused; a large foramen opens at base of the ventral part of the two condylar projections of the sacral centrum; a ridge is present on ventral sur- face of the centrum, suggesting the line of fusion, and the possibility that the sacrum is procoelous.

Distribution:
Known only from the type locality. Rexroad member, upper Pliocene, locality 3, Meade county, Kansas.
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Occurrence Summary:
2
Records
2
Museum Vouchers
0
Other Observations

Some county occurrences indicated below may be too imprecise to map above.
County Breakdown: County Name (# occurrences):
Meade (2);

Natural History:

Remarks:
The species is named for Doctor Raymond C. Moore, Director of the State Geological Survey, State Geologist of Kansas, and Head of the Department of Geology, University of Kansas.

Bibliography:

1942	Taylor, Edward H. Extinct toads and frogs from the upper Pliocene deposits of Meade County, Kansas. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 28(10):199-235
1945	Lane, Henry H. A survey of the fossil vertebrates of Kansas, Part II. Amphibia. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 48(3):286-316
1963	Holman, J. Alan. Anuran sacral fusions and the status of the Pliocene genus Anchylorana Taylor. Herpetologica 19():160-166
1985	Schultze, Hans-Peter, L. Hunt, J. Chorn, and A. M. Neuner. Type and figured specimens of fossil vertebrates in the collection of the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History. Part II. Fossil amphibians and reptiles. University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, Miscellaneous Publications (77):1-66 Also check on several listed names not in KHA as KS taxa.
2012	Martin, Carolina (Albaladejo), Borja Sanchiz, and Miguel Angel Alonso-Zarazaga. Nomenclatural notes on living and fossil amphibians. Graellsia 68(1):159-180 References Kansas specimens of Bufo hibbardi from Edson Quarry, Bufo pliocompactilis from WaKeeney, Bufo repentinus from Cragin Quarry, Bufo rexroadensis and Bufo suspectus from Fox Canyon, Bufo spongifrons from Long Island Quarry, and nine Rana from Rexroad.

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