{{Short description|Extinct genus of amphibians}} {{automatic taxobox | name = ''Theatonius'' | fossil_range = Upper Cretaceous, {{Fossil range|70.6|66.043|ref=<ref name=fossilworks/>}} | taxon = Theatonius | authority = Fox, 1976<ref name="Fox 1996"/> | type_species = †''Theatonius lancensis'' | type_species_authority = Fox, 1976<ref name="Fox 1996"/> }}
'''''Theatonius''''' is an extinct genus of Cretaceous amphibians known from North America.<ref name=fossilworks/> Originally described from the Lance Formation, Wyoming,<ref name="Fox 1996"/> it is now also known from Utah, Montana, and New Jersey.<ref name=fossilworks/>
==See also== * Prehistoric amphibian * List of prehistoric amphibians
==References== <references>
<ref name=fossilworks>{{cite web |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37482 |title=†''Theatonius'' Fox 1976 |work=Paleobiology Database |publisher=Fossilworks |access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
<ref name="Fox 1996">{{cite journal |last1=Fox |first1=Richard C. |title=An edentulous frog (''Theatonius lancensis'', new genus and species) from the Upper Cretaceous Lance Formation of Wyoming |journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |date=1976 |volume=13 |issue=10 |pages=1486–1490 |doi=10.1139/e76-154|bibcode=1976CaJES..13.1486F }}</ref>
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Category:Cretaceous amphibians of North America Category:Fossil taxa described in 1976 Category:Taxa named by Richard C. Fox
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