Biology:Chelotriton
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Short description: Extinct genus of amphibians
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| Chelotriton paradoxus fossil at Museo di Storia Naturale, Milano | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Genus: | †Chelotriton Pomel, 1853[1] |
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†Chelotriton paradoxus Pomel, 1853 | |
Chelotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamanders that lived in Europe and Central Asia during the Neogene.[1] It closely resembles the extant genera Tylototriton and Echinotriton.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "†Chelotriton Pomel 1853". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=37396. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ↑ Morolo, Michael; Stephan Schaal; Gerald Mayr; Christina Seiffert (9 December 2004). "An annotated taxonomic list of the Middle Eocene (MP 11) vertebrata of Messel". Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 252: 95–108. http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/morlo_et_al.pdf.
- ↑ Schoch, Rainer R.; Poschmann, Markus; Kupfer, Alexander (2015). "The salamandrid Chelotriton paradoxus from Enspel and Randeck Maars (Oligocene–Miocene, Germany)". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 95 (1): 77–86. doi:10.1007/s12549-014-0182-8.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q383712 entry
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