Regalerpeton

Regalerpeton; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Clade:	Caudata
Genus:	† Regalerpeton ; Zhang et al., 2009
Species
	R. weichangensisZhang et al., 2009 (type)

Last updated February 05, 2026

Regalerpeton is an extinct genus of salamander known from the Early Cretaceous of Huajiying Formation, China.^[1] It was first named by Guilin Zhang, Yuan Wang, Marc E.H. Jones and Susan E. Evans in 2009 and the type species is Regalerpeton weichangensis.^[1]

References

1 2 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. Bibcode:2009CrRes..30..551Z. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2008.10.004.

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[Zhang2009-1] 1 2 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. Bibcode:2009CrRes..30..551Z. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2008.10.004.

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