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Opisthotriton Temporal range: Campanian-Lancian ~84–64 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Family:	†Batrachosauroididae
Genus:	†Opisthotriton Auffenberg, 1961
Species
O. kayi Auffenberg, 1961 O. gidleyi Sullivan, 1991

Opisthotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamanders that lived in North America between at least the Upper Cretaceous and the Paleocene.

See also

• List of prehistoric amphibians

References

1. Holman, J. Alan (2006). Fossil salamanders of North America. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34732-9. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
2. "The Plaeobiology Database - Opisthotriton". Retrieved 13 August 2010.

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Osteichthyes Clade: Sarcopterygii Clade: Tetrapoda Tetrapodomorpha see Tetrapodomorpha Batrachomorpha / Temnospondyli see Temnospondyli Dissorophoidea see Dissorophoidea Lissamphibia see below↓ Lissamphibia
†Albanerpetontidae? Albanerpeton Anoualerpeton Celtedens Shirerpeton Wesserpeton Yaksha Gymnophionomorpha (caecilians total group) †Eocaecilia †Funcusvermis †Rubricacaecilia †Chinlestegophis? †Albanerpetontidae? Gymnophiona (caecilians crown group) Rhinatrematidae (American tailed caecilians) Amazops Epicrionops Rhinatrema Stegokrotaphia Ichthyophiidae (Asian tailed caecilians) Ichthyophis Uraeotyphlus Teresomata Scolecomorphidae (buried-eyed caecilians) Crotaphatrema Scolecomorphus Chikilidae (Northeast Indian caecilians) Chikila Herpelidae (African caecilians) Boulengerula Herpele Typhlonectidae (aquatic caecilians) Atretochoana Chthonerpeton Nectocaecilia Potamotyphlus Typhlonectes †Ymboirana Caeciliidae (common caecilians) †Apodops Caecilia Oscaecilia Grandisoniidae (Indo-African caecilians) Gegeneophis Grandisonia Hypogeophis Idiocranium Indotyphlus Praslinia Sylvacaecilia Dermophiidae (Neotropical caecilians) Dermophis Geotrypetes Gymnopis Schistometopum Siphonopidae (South American caecilians) Brasilotyphlus Luetkenotyphlus Microcaecilia Mimosiphonops Siphonops Batrachia (salamanders + frogs crown group) Caudata (salamanders total group) †Egoria †Kulgeriherpeton †Triassurus †Urupia †Karauridae Karaurus Kokartus Kuzbassia Marmorerpeton †Batrachosauroididae Batrachosauroides Opisthotriton Palaeoproteus Parrisia Peratosauroides Prodesmodon Urodela (salamanders crown group) 115 genera Salientia (frogs total group) †Czatkobatrachus †Notobatrachus †Prosalirus †Triadobatrachus †Vieraella Anura (frogs crown group) several hundred genera
See also: List of amphibian genera

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