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Extinct genus of amphibians

Liaoxitriton
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous (early Aptian) 124 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
L. zhongjiani specimen IVPP V14071, Paleozoological Museum of China
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Suborder: Cryptobranchoidea
Genus: †Liaoxitriton
Dong & Wang, 1998
Type species
†Liaoxitriton zhongjiani
Dong & Wang, 1998

Liaoxitriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric cryptobranchoid salamanders from the Early Cretaceous of China. It contains one species, L. zhongjiani, from the Aptian aged Yixian Formation. A second species, L. daohugouensis from the Middle/Late Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation, was moved to the genus Neimengtriton in 2021 after a number of studies noted morphological differences between the two genera.

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References

  1. Wang, Y. (2004). "A new Mesozoic caudate (Liaoxitriton daohugouensis sp. nov.) from Inner Mongolia, China". Chinese Science Bulletin. 49 (8): 858. doi:10.1360/03wd0115.
  2. Jia, J.; Anderson, J.S.; Gao, K-.G. (2021). "Middle Jurassic stem hynobiid from China shed light on the evolution of basal salamanders". iScience. 24 (7). Bibcode:2021iSci...24j2744J. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2021.102744. PMC 8264161. PMID 34278256.
Taxon identifiers
Liaoxitriton


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