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Extinct genus of amphibians

Nesovtriton
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Suborder: Cryptobranchoidea
Genus: †Nesovtriton
Skutschas, 2009
Species

N. mynbulakensis Skutschas, 2009 (type)

Nesovtriton is an extinct genus of cryptobranchoid salamander known from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian age) of Bissekty Formation, in Uzbekistan. It was first named by Pavel P. Skutschas in 2009 and the type species is Nesovtriton mynbulakensis.

References

  1. ^ Pavel P. Skutschas (2009). "Re-Evaluation of Mynbulakia Nesov, 1981 (Lissamphibia: Caudata) and Description of a New Salamander Genus from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (3): 659–664. Bibcode:2009JVPal..29..659S. doi:10.1671/039.029.0326. S2CID 85024012.
Taxon identifiers
Nesovtriton


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