Opisthotriton
| Opisthotriton | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Family: | †Batrachosauroididae |
| Genus: | †Opisthotriton Auffenberg, 1961 |
| Species | |
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O. kayi Auffenberg, 1961 | |
Opisthotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamanders that lived in North America between at least the Upper Cretaceous and the Paleocene.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Holman, J. Alan (2006). Fossil salamanders of North America. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34732-9. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ^ "The Plaeobiology Database - Opisthotriton". Retrieved 13 August 2010.
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- Prehistoric amphibian genera
- Cenozoic salamanders
- Late Cretaceous amphibians
- Cretaceous amphibians of North America
- Cretaceous United States
- Hell Creek fauna
- Laramie Formation
- Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary
- Fossils of Canada
- Paleontology in Alberta
- Paleontology in Saskatchewan
- Fossil taxa described in 1961
- Prehistoric amphibian stubs
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