Archaeotriton

Archaeotriton
Temporal range: Chattian, ~19.5 Ma
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Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: †Archaeotriton
von Meyer, 1859
Type species
†Archaeotriton basalticus
Meyer, 1859

Archaeotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamanders. The only identified species in the genus is A. basalticus, which lived during the Oligocene in Central Europe.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "The Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  2. ^ "BioLib - Archaeotriton". Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  3. ^ Böhme, M. "Revision of the cyprinids from the Early Oligocene of the České Středohoří Mountains, and the phylogenetic relations- hips of Protothymallus Laube 1901 (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Gobioninae)" (PDF). Historia Naturalis. 63 (2–4): 175–194. ISSN 0036-5343.


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