Opisthotriton

Extinct genus of amphibians

Opisthotriton
Temporal range: Campanian-Lancian
~84–64 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Family: †Batrachosauroididae
Genus: †Opisthotriton
Auffenberg, 1961
Species

O. kayi Auffenberg, 1961
O. gidleyi Sullivan, 1991[1]

Opisthotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamanders that lived in North America between at least the Upper Cretaceous and the Paleocene.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Holman, J. Alan (2006). Fossil salamanders of North America. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34732-9. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  2. ^ "The Plaeobiology Database - Opisthotriton". Retrieved 13 August 2010.
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Taxon identifiers
Opisthotriton


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