Iridotriton

<i>Iridotriton</i>

Iridotriton

Extinct genus of amphibians

Quick Facts Iridotriton Temporal range: Late Jurassic, Scientific classification ...

Iridotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamander[1][2] known from a fossil found in stratigraphic zone 6 of the late Jurassic Morrison Formation[3] in the Dinosaur National Monument.[4] One species has been described, Iridotriton hechti.[5] It is likely a member of Cryptobranchoidea.[6]

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References

  1. [1]
    Evans, S. E.; Lally, C.; Chure, D. C.; Elder, A.; Maisano, J. A. (2005). "A Late Jurassic salamander (Amphibia: Caudata) from the Morrison Formation of North America" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 599–616. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00159.x.
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.
  4. [4]
    "Rainbow Park microsite". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  5. [5]
    "†Iridotriton Evans et al. 2005". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  6. [6]
    Jia, Jia; Anderson, Jason S.; Gao, Ke-Qin (2021-07-23). "Middle Jurassic stem hynobiids from China shed light on the evolution of basal salamanders". iScience. 24 (7): 102744. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2021.102744. ISSN 2589-0042. PMC 8264161.


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