†Mioproteus Estes and Darevsky 1978 (mudpuppy)
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Parent taxon: Proteidae according to M. Venczel and V. A. Codrea 2019
See also Carroll 1988, Estes 1981 and Naylor 1978
Sister taxa: Euronecturus, Necturus, Orthophyia, Paranecturus, Proteus
Subtaxa: Mioproteus caucasicus Mioproteus gardneri
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Miocene of Austria (1), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (7), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Kazakhstan (2), Moldova (2), the Russian Federation (2), Ukraine (2)
• Oligocene of Kazakhstan (1), Romania (2)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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