Chelotriton
Extinct genus of amphibians
Chelotriton Temporal range: Neogene, 23.03–2.588 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Chelotriton paradoxus fossil at Museo di Storia Naturale, Milano | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Salamandridae |
Genus: | †Chelotriton Pomel, 1853[1] |
Species | |
†Chelotriton paradoxus Pomel, 1853 |
Chelotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamanders that lived in Europe and Central Asia during the Neogene.[1] It closely resembles the extant genera Tylototriton and Echinotriton.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "†Chelotriton Pomel 1853". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Schoch, Rainer R.; Poschmann, Markus & Kupfer, Alexander (2015). "The salamandrid Chelotriton paradoxus from Enspel and Randeck Maars (Oligocene–Miocene, Germany)". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 95 (1): 77–86. doi:10.1007/s12549-014-0182-8.
External links
Media related to Chelotriton paradoxus at Wikimedia Commons
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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)
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