| Archaeotriton Temporal range: Chattian, ~19.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Genus: | †Archaeotriton von Meyer, 1859 |
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| †Archaeotriton basalticus Meyer, 1859 | |
Archaeotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamanders. The only identified species in the genus is A. basalticus, which lived during the Oligocene in Central Europe.
See also
References
- ^ "The Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- "BioLib - Archaeotriton". Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- Böhme, M. "Revision of the cyprinids from the Early Oligocene of the České Středohoří Mountains, and the phylogenetic relations- hips of Protothymallus Laube 1901 (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Gobioninae)" (PDF). Historia Naturalis. 63 (2–4): 175–194. ISSN 0036-5343.
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| Archaeotriton | |
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