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Nesovtriton
Temporal range: Late CretaceousScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Subclass: Lissamphibia Order: Caudata/Urodela Suborder: Cryptobranchoidea Genus: Nesovtriton
Skutschas, 2009Species N. mynbulakensis Skutschas, 2009 (type)
Nesovtriton is an extinct genus of cryptobranchoid salamander known from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian age) of Byssekty Formation, in Uzbekistan.[1] It was first named by Pavel P. Skutschas in 2009 and the type species is Nesovtriton mynbulakensis.[1]
References
- ^ a b Pavel P. Skutschas (2009). "Re-Evaluation of Mynbulakia Nesov, 1981 (Lissamphibia: Caudata) and Description of a New Salamander Genus from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 (3): 659–664. doi:10.1671/039.029.0326. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1671/039.029.0326.
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