Kokartus

Kokartus is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamander from the Middle Jurassic Balabansai Svita of Kyrgyzstan.[1]

Kokartus
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, Bathonian–Callovian
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Family: †Karauridae
Genus: †Kokartus
Nessov, 1988
Species:
†K. honorarius
Binomial name
†Kokartus honorarius
Nessov, 1988

The absence of clear lines of arrested growth and annuli in long bones suggests that the animals lived in an environment with stable local conditions. Due to the morphological features of the bones, it is assumed that the living animal was neotenic.[2]

See also
  • Prehistoric amphibian
  • List of prehistoric amphibians

References
  1. Averianov, Alexander O.; Martin, Thomas; Skutschas, P. P.; Rezvyi, A. S.; Bakirov, A. A. (2008). "Amphibians from the Middle Jurassic Balabansai Svita in the Fergana Depression, Kyrgyzstan (Central Asia)". Palaeontology. 51 (2): 471–485. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00748.x.
  2. Skutschas, Pavel; Stein, Koen (12 February 2015). "Long bone histology of the stem salamanderKokartus honorarius(Amphibia: Caudata) from the Middle Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan". Journal of Anatomy. 226 (4): 334–347. doi:10.1111/joa.12281. PMC 4386933. PMID 25682890.


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