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Comonecturoides

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Comonecturoides
Temporal range: Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian–Tithonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Clade: Caudata
Genus: Comonecturoides
Hecht & Estes, 1960
Type species
Comonecturoides marshi
Hecht & Estes, 1960

Comonecturoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric caudate amphibians, possibly a salamander, from Reed's Quarry 9 of the Morrison Formation, near Como Bluff, Wyoming; the type species is C. marshi.[1][2][3] It is considered a nomen dubium because the name is based on non-distinctive remains which cannot be classified in detail.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Hecht, M. K. and Estes, R. (1960). Fossil amphibians from Quarry Nine. Postilla 46:1-19
  2. ^ "†Comonecturoides Hecht and Estes 1960". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b 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". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 599–616. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00159.x.