Nesovtriton

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Nesovtriton
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Suborder: Cryptobranchoidea
Genus: Nesovtriton
Skutschas, 2009
Species

N. mynbulakensis Skutschas, 2009 (type)

Nesovtriton is an extinct genus of cryptobranchoid salamander known from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian age) of Bissekty Formation, in Uzbekistan.[1] It was first named by in 2009 and the type species is Nesovtriton mynbulakensis.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Pavel P. Skutschas (2009). "Re-Evaluation of Mynbulakia Nesov, 1981 (Lissamphibia: Caudata) and Description of a New Salamander Genus from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (3): 659–664. doi:10.1671/039.029.0326.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)


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