Opisthotriton

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

Opisthotriton
Temporal range: Campanian-Lancian
~84โ€“64 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Amphibia
Subclass:
Lissamphibia
Order:
Caudata
Suborder:
Proteoidea
Family:
Batrachosauroididae
Genus:
Opisthotriton

Auffenberg 1961
Species

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

See also
  • List of prehistoric amphibians

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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