Mioproteus
| Mioproteus | |
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| Reconstruction of M. wezei | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Proteidae |
| Genus: | †Mioproteus Darevsky, 1978 |
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Mioproteus is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamanders from Neogene Europe. Its living relatives are the olm and the mudpuppies. The species M. caucasicus is from the Middle Miocene. The species M. wezei first appears in the fossil record during the Pliocene, then disappears during the Middle Pleistocene.[2]
See also[]
- Prehistoric amphibian
- List of prehistoric amphibians
References[]
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Categories:
- Quaternary amphibians of Europe
- Pliocene amphibians
- Miocene amphibians
- Miocene genus first appearances
- Pleistocene genus extinctions
- Pleistocene amphibians
- Neogene amphibians of Europe
- Cenozoic salamanders
- Fossil taxa described in 1978
- Proteidae
- Prehistoric amphibian genera
- Prehistoric amphibian stubs