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Necturus krausei

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Necturus krausei
Temporal range: Tiffanian
~61.7–56.81 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Proteidae
Genus: Necturus
Species:
N. krausei
Binomial name
Necturus krausei
Naylor 1978

Necturus krausei is an extinct species of mudpuppy salamanders from the Paleocene of Saskatchewan in Canada.[1][2] It is known from a set of vertebrae found in the Ravenscrag Formation.[3]

References

  1. ^ Naylor, B. G. (1978). "The earliest known Necturus (Amphibia, Urodela), from the Paleocene Ravenscrag Formation of Saskatchewan". Journal of Herpetology. 12 (4): 565–569. doi:10.2307/1563363. JSTOR 1563363.
  2. ^ J. Alan Holman (2006). Fossil salamander of North America. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253347327.
  3. ^ "PBDB". †Necturus krausei Naylor 1978 (mudpuppy).