Necturus krausei

Necturus krausei is an extinct species of mudpuppy salamanders from the Paleocene of Saskatchewan in Canada.[1][2] It is known from a set of vertebrae found in the Ravenscrag Formation.[3]

Necturus krausei
Temporal range: Tiffanian
~61.7–56.81 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Proteidae
Genus: Necturus
Species:
†N. krausei
Binomial name
†Necturus krausei
Naylor 1978

References
  1. Naylor, B. G. (1978). "The earliest known Necturus (Amphibia, Urodela), from the Paleocene Ravenscrag Formation of Saskatchewan". Journal of Herpetology. 12 (4): 565–569. doi:10.2307/1563363. JSTOR 1563363.
  2. J. Alan Holman (2006). Fossil salamander of North America. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253347327.
  3. "PBDB". †Necturus krausei Naylor 1978 (mudpuppy).


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