Chelotriton

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Chelotriton
Temporal range: Neogene, 23.03–2.588 Ma[1]
Chelotriton paradoxus fossil at Museo di Storia Naturale, Milano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Chelotriton
Pomel, 1853[1]
Species

Chelotriton paradoxus Pomel, 1853
Chelotriton robustus Westphal, 1980[2]

Chelotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamanders that lived in Europe and Central Asia during the Neogene.[1] It closely resembles the extant genera Tylototriton and Echinotriton.[3]

Chelotriton fossil at Museo di Storia Naturale, Milano

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