Archaeotriton
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| 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]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "The Paleobiology Database". http://www.paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=37394&is_real_user=1. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- ^ "BioLib - Archaeotriton". http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id285980/. 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).". Historia Naturalis 63 (2-4): 175–194. ISSN 0036-5343. http://www.wahre-staerke.com/~madelaine/boehme_2007a.pdf.
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