Karaurus
Karaurus | |
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Fossil skeleton | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Clade: | Caudata |
Family: | †Karauridae |
Genus: | †Karaurus Ivachnenko, 1978 |
Type species | |
†Karaurus sharovi Ivachnenko, 1978 |
Karaurus (meaning head-tail) is an extinct genus of salamander-like amphibian from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian–Kimmeridgian) Karabastau Svita of Kazakhstan. It is one of the oldest salamanders known.
Karaurus was about 20 centimetres (7.9 in) long, and very similar anatomically to modern salamanders. It probably swam through fresh water feeding on aquatic snails, worms, crustaceans and insects.[2]
References
- ↑ "†Karaurus Ivachnenko 1978". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ↑ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 57. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.
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