Chelotriton
Extinct genus of amphibians
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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 Temporal range: Neogene, | |
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| Chelotriton paradoxus fossil at Museo di Storia Naturale, Milano | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Genus: | †Chelotriton Pomel, 1853[1] |
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†Chelotriton paradoxus Pomel, 1853 | |
