Opisthotriton

Opisthotriton Temporal range: 55.8–83.5 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Subclass:	Lissamphibia
Order:	Caudata
Suborder:	Proteoidea
Family:	Batrachosauroididae
Genus:	Opisthotriton Auffenberg, 1961
Species
O. kayi Auffenberg, 1961 O. gidleyi Sullivan, 1991[1]

Opisthotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamanders that lived in North America between at least the Upper Cretaceous and the Paleocene.^[2]

References

1. ^ Holman, J. Alan (2006). Fossil salamanders of North America. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253347329. http://books.google.com/books?id=jedqR3axP_MC. Retrieved 13 August 2010. 
2. ^ "The Plaeobiology Database - Opisthotriton". http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=37361&is_real_user=1. Retrieved 13 August 2010. 

See also

• List of prehistoric amphibians

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