Eopelobates is an extinct genus of frogs in the family Pelobatidae. Closely related to the living European spadefoot toad, it is known from the Eocene of western North America, and the EoceneâÂÂPliocene of Europe.
Biogeochemical analysis of Eopelobates wagneri from the Messel Formation shows that it was a tertiary consumer based on it ô<sup>15</sup>N values. This is consistent with observed fossil evidence of it feeding on lizards, which have been preserved in the bromalites of this Eopelobates species.
It is suggested that the distribution over both Europe and North America is due to dispersal during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum.