Archaeotriton
| Archaeotriton Temporal range: Chattian, ~19.5 Ma | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Genus: | Archaeotriton von Meyer, 1859[1] |
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Archaeotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamanders.[1] The only identified species in the genus is A. basalticus, which lived during the Oligocene in Central Europe.[3]
References
- 1 2 "The Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- ↑ "BioLib - Archaeotriton". Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- ↑ 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.
See also
Genera of newts (Pleurodelinae) | ||
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| North America |
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| Europe, North Africa and West Asia |
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| † Fossil genera |
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