Amblystoma minshalli Tihen and Chantell 1963 (mole salamander)

Amphibia - Caudata - Urodela

Full reference: J. A. Tihen and C. J. Chantell. 1963. Urodele remains from the Valentine Formation of Nebraska. Copeia 1963(3):505-510

Belongs to Amblystoma according to J. A. Tihen and C. J. Chantell 1963

See also Estes and Tihen 1964, Holman 1973, Holman 1982 and Holman and Sullivan 1981

Sister taxa: Amblystoma maculatum, Ambystoma gracile, Ambystoma hibbardi, Ambystoma kansense, Ambystoma mexicanum, Ambystoma minshalli, Ambystoma opacum, Ambystoma texanum, Ambystoma tigrinum, Ambystoma tiheni

Type specimen: UN 61002, a set of vertebrae (trunk vertebra). Its type locality is Norden Bridge Quarry, which is in a Barstovian channel sandstone in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Amblystoma minshalli in the database

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