| Iridotriton Temporal range:
Late Jurassic
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Suborder: | Cryptobranchoidea |
| Genus: | †
Iridotriton Evans et al., 2005 [1] |
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†Iridotriton hechti Evans et al., 2005
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Iridotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamander [1] [2] known from a fossil found in stratigraphic zone 6 of the late Jurassic Morrison Formation [3] in the Dinosaur National Monument. [4] One species has been described, Iridotriton hechti. [5] It is likely a member of Cryptobranchoidea. [6]
See also
References
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1009828109. PMC 3326464. PMID 22411790.
- ^ Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.
- ^ "Rainbow Park microsite". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ "†Iridotriton Evans et al. 2005". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ 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. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102744. ISSN 2589-0042. PMC 8264161.
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