Chelotriton

Chelotriton
Temporal range: 16–13.7 Ma
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Chelotriton paradoxus fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Salamandridae
Subfamily: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Chelotriton
Pomel, 1853[1]
Species

†C. paradoxus Pomel, 1853
†C. robustus Westphal, 1980[2]

Synonyms

†Tylotriton primigenius Noble, 1928[3]

Chelotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamanders that lived in Europe during the Middle Miocene.[1]

Fossil

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "The Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 6 March 2010.
  2. ↑ Morolo, Michael; Stephan Schaal; Gerald Mayr; Christina Seiffert (9 December 2004). "An annotated taxonomic list of the Middle Eocene (MP 11) vertebrata of Messel" (PDF). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg. 252: 95–108.
  3. ↑ Name - Chelotriton paradoxus Pomel 1853


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