Liaoxitriton
| Liaoxitriton Temporal range: Middle Jurassic-Early Cretaceous,
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| L. zhongjiani specimen IVPP V14071, Paleozoological Museum of China | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Suborder: | Cryptobranchoidea |
| Genus: | †Liaoxitriton Dong & Wang, 1998 |
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| †Liaoxitriton zhongjiani Dong & Wang, 1998
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Liaoxitriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamanders from the Mesozoic of China. It contains two species: L. zhongjiani, from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Yixian Formation, and L. daohugouensis, from the Middle/Late Jurassic Daohugou Beds.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Wang, Y. (2004). "A new Mesozoic caudate (Liaoxitriton daohugouensis sp. nov.) from Inner Mongolia, China". Chinese Science Bulletin. 49 (8): 858. doi:10.1360/03wd0115.
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- Mesozoic amphibians of Asia
- Middle Jurassic amphibians
- Early Cretaceous amphibians
- Mesozoic salamanders
- Prehistoric amphibian genera
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- Early Cretaceous genus extinctions
- Late Jurassic amphibians
- Cryptobranchoidea
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