Chelotriton

Chelotriton
Temporal range: Neogene, 23.03–2.588 Ma
Chelotriton paradoxus fossil at Museo di Storia Naturale, Milano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: †Chelotriton
Pomel, 1853
Species

†Chelotriton paradoxus Pomel, 1853
†Chelotriton robustus Westphal, 1980

Chelotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamanders that lived in Europe and Central Asia during the Neogene. It closely resembles the extant genera Tylototriton and Echinotriton.

Chelotriton fossil at Museo di Storia Naturale, Milano

References

  1. 1 2 3 "†Chelotriton Pomel 1853". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Morolo, Michael; Stephan Schaal; Gerald Mayr & Christina Seiffert (9 December 2004). "An annotated taxonomic list of the Middle Eocene (MP 11) vertebrata of Messel" (PDF). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg. 252: 95–108.
  3. ↑ 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. Bibcode:2015PdPe...95...77S. doi:10.1007/s12549-014-0182-8.