Parrisia
| Parrisia Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 84.9–70.6 Ma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Family: | Batrachosauroididae |
| Genus: | Parrisia Denton and O'Neill, 1998 |
| Type species | |
| Parrisia neocesariensis Denton and O'Neill, 1998 | |
Parrisia is an extinct genus of legless batrachosauroidid salamander from Campanian-age rocks in the Marshalltown Formation, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The type and only species is Parrisia neocesariensis, which was discovered at the Ellisdale Fossil Site in New Jersey.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Denton Jr., Robert K., and Robert C. O'Neill (1998). "Parrisia neocesariensis, a new batrachosauroidid salamander and other amphibians from the Campanian of eastern North America". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 18 (3): 484–494. JSTOR 4523920. doi:10.1080/02724634.1998.10011076.
- ↑ "†Parrisia Denton, Jr. and O'Neill 1998". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
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