Iridotriton
| Iridotriton Temporal range: Late Jurassic | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Suborder: | Cryptobranchoidea |
| Genus: | †Iridotriton |
| Type species | |
| †Iridotriton hechti | |
Iridotriton hechti is an extinct genus of prehistoric cryptobranch salamander,[1] known from a fossil found in stratigraphic zone 6 of the late Jurassic Morrison Formation[2] in Dinosaur National Monument.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 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.
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