Archaeotriton
| Archaeotriton Temporal range: Chattian, ~
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Genus: | †Archaeotriton von Meyer, 1859[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Archaeotriton basalticus Meyer, 1859[2]
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Archaeotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamanders.[1] The only identified species in the genus is A. basalticus, which lived during the Oligocene in Central Europe.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- ^ "BioLib - Archaeotriton". Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- ^ Böhme, M. "Revision of the cyprinids from the Early Oligocene of the České Středohoří Mountains, and the phylogenetic relations- hips of Protothymallus Laube 1901 (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Gobioninae)" (PDF). Historia Naturalis. 63 (2–4): 175–194. ISSN 0036-5343.
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