Iridotriton

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Iridotriton
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Clade: Caudata
Genus:† Iridotriton
Evans et al., 2005 [1]
Type species
†Iridotriton hechti
Evans et al., 2005 [1]

Iridotriton is an extinct genus of salamander [1] [2] known from a fossil discovered in stratigraphic zone 6 of the late Jurassic Morrison Formation, [3] within the Dinosaur National Monument, [4] and contains one described,Iridotriton hechti. [5] It is likely a member of Cryptobranchoidea. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Evans, S. E.; Lally, C.; Chure, D. C.; Elder, A.; Maisano, J. A. (2005). "A Late Jurassic salamander (Amphibia: Caudata) from the Morrison Formation of North America" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 599–616. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00159.x .
  2. ↑ Gao, K. -Q.; Shubin, N. H. (2012). "Late Jurassic salamandroid from western Liaoning, China". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109 (15): 5767–72. Bibcode:2012PNAS..109.5767G. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1009828109 . PMC   3326464 . PMID   22411790.
  3. ↑ Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.
  4. ↑ "Rainbow Park microsite". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  5. ↑ "†Iridotriton Evans et al. 2005". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  6. ↑ Jia, Jia; Anderson, Jason S.; Gao, Ke-Qin (2021-07-23). "Middle Jurassic stem hynobiids from China shed light on the evolution of basal salamanders". iScience. 24 (7) 102744. Bibcode:2021iSci...24j2744J. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102744 . ISSN   2589-0042. PMC   8264161 . PMID   34278256.


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