Archaeotriton
Extinct genus of amphibians
Archaeotriton Temporal range: Chattian, ~19.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Caudata |
Family: | Salamandridae |
Genus: | Archaeotriton |
Species | |
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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]
See also
References
- ^ a b "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.
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Genera of newts (Pleurodelinae)
- Crocodile newts (Tylototriton)
- Fire belly newts (Cynops)
- Mountain newts (Echinotriton)
- Paddle-tail newts (Pachytriton)
- Warty newts (Paramesotriton)
- Eastern newts (Notophthalmus)
- Pacific newts (Taricha)
and West Asia
- Alpine newts (Ichthyosaura)
- Banded newts (Ommatotriton)
- Crested and marbled newts (Triturus)
- European brook newts (Calotriton)
- European mountain newts (Euproctus)
- Ribbed newts (Pleurodeles)
- Small-bodied newts (Lissotriton)
- Spotted newts (Neurergus)
- Archaeotriton
- Brachycormus
- Carpathotriton
- Chelotriton
- Koalliella
- Palaeopleurodeles
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