Chelotriton

Chelotriton Temporal range: 16–13.7 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

Chelotriton paradoxus fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Caudata
Family:	Salamandridae
Genus:	Chelotriton Pomel, 1853^[1]
Species
†C. paradoxus Pomel, 1853 †C. robustus Westphal, 1980^[2]
Synonyms
†Tylotriton primigenius Noble, 1928^[3]

Chelotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamanders that lived in Europe during the Middle Miocene.^[1]

Fossil

References

1 2 "The Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 6 March 2010.
↑ Morolo, Michael; Stephan Schaal; Gerald Mayr; Christina Seiffert (9 December 2004). "An annotated taxonomic list of the Middle Eocene (MP 11) vertebrata of Messel" (PDF). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg. 252: 95–108.
↑ Name - Chelotriton paradoxus Pomel 1853

Genera of newts (Pleurodelinae)
East Asia	Crocodile newts (Tylototriton) Fire belly newts (Cynops) Mountain newts (Echinotriton) Paddle-tail newts (Pachytriton) Warty newts (Paramesotriton)
North America	Eastern newts (Notophthalmus) Pacific newts (Taricha)
Europe, North Africa and West Asia	Alpine newts (Ichthyosaura) Banded newts (Ommatotriton) Crested and marbled newts (Triturus) European brook newts (Calotriton) European mountain newts (Euproctus) Ribbed newts (Pleurodeles) Small-bodied newts (Lissotriton) Spotted newts (Neurergus)
† Fossil genera	Archaeotriton Brachycormus Carpathotriton Chelotriton Koalliella Palaeopleurodeles

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