Kokartus
| Kokartus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Family: | †Karauridae |
| Genus: | †Kokartus Nessov, 1988 |
| Species: | †K. honorarius
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| †Kokartus honorarius Nessov, 1988
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Kokartus is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamander from the Middle Jurassic Balabansai Svita of Kyrgyzstan.[1]
The absence of clear lines of arrested growth and annuli in long bones suggests that the animals lived in an environment with stable local conditions. Due to the morphological features of the bones, it is assumed that the living animal was neotenic.[2]
References
- ^ Averianov, Alexander O.; Martin, Thomas; Skutschas, P. P.; Rezvyi, A. S.; Bakirov, A. A. (2008). "Amphibians from the Middle Jurassic Balabansai Svita in the Fergana Depression, Kyrgyzstan (Central Asia)". Palaeontology. 51 (2): 471–485. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00748.x.
- ^ Skutschas, Pavel; Stein, Koen (12 February 2015). "Long bone histology of the stem salamanderKokartus honorarius(Amphibia: Caudata) from the Middle Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan". Journal of Anatomy. 226 (4): 334–347. doi:10.1111/joa.12281. PMC 4386933. PMID 25682890.
See also
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