Archaeotriton

Archaeotriton is an extinct genus of salamanders belonging to the family Salamandridae.^[1] It lived around 19.5 million years ago during the Oligocene epoch in the region of Central Europe in places such as Czech, Bohemia and Saxony. The is currently only identified species in the genus, A. basalticus.^[3]

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Amphibia

Order:Urodela

Family:Salamandridae

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Archaeotriton Temporal range: Chattian, ~19.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Salamandridae
Genus:	†Archaeotriton von Meyer, 1859[1]
Type species
†Archaeotriton basalticus Meyer, 1859[2]

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The holotype was uncovered in Varnsdorf and is now lost.^[3]