Regalerpeton
Regalerpeton Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Suborder: | Cryptobranchoidea |
Genus: | †Regalerpeton Zhang et al., 2009 |
Species | |
R. weichangensis Zhang et al., 2009 (type) |
Regalerpeton is an extinct genus of cryptobranchoid salamander known from the Early Cretaceous of Huajiying Formation, China.[1] It was first named by , Yuan Wang, and Susan E. Evans in 2009 and the type species is Regalerpeton weichangensis.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Zhang, Guilin; Wang, Yuan; Jones, Marc E.H. & Evans, Susan E. (June 2009). "A new Early Cretaceous salamander (Regalerpeton weichangensis gen. et sp. nov.) from the Huajiying Formation of northeastern China". Cretaceous Research. 30 (3): 551–558. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2008.10.004.
Categories:
- Cryptobranchoidea
- Mesozoic salamanders
- Early Cretaceous amphibians
- Fossil taxa described in 2009
- Prehistoric amphibians of Asia
- Taxa named by Wang Yuan
- Prehistoric amphibian genera
- Prehistoric amphibian stubs
- Salamander stubs