Archaeotriton

Archaeotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamanders.[1] The only identified species in the genus is A. basalticus, which lived during the Oligocene in Central Europe.[3]

Archaeotriton
Temporal range: Chattian, ~19.5 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Amphibia
Order:
Caudata
Family:
Salamandridae
Genus:
Archaeotriton

Species
  • A. basalticus Meyer, 1859[2]

See also
  • List of prehistoric amphibians

References
  1. "The Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  2. "BioLib - Archaeotriton". Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  3. Böhme, M. "Revision of the cyprinids from the Early Oligocene of the České Středohoří Mountains, and the phylogenetic relations- hips of Protothymallus Laube 1901 (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Gobioninae)" (PDF). Historia Naturalis. 63 (2–4): 175–194. ISSN 0036-5343.


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