Amphibia - Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Full reference: W. Auffenberg. 1961. A new genus of fossil salamander from North America. American Midland Naturalist 66(2):456-465
Parent taxon: Batrachosauroididae according to D. G. DeMar 2013
See also Auffenberg 1961, Bryant 1989, Carroll 1988, Estes 1964, Estes 1969, Estes 1976, Estes 1981, Estes and Berberian 1970, Naylor 1979, Peng et al. 2001 and Sullivan 1991
Sister taxa: Batrachosauroides, Palaeoproteus, Parrisia, Peratosauroides, Prodesmodon
Subtaxa: Opisthotriton gidleyi Opisthotriton kayi
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Clarkforkian of United States (2: Montana, Wyoming collections)
• Paleocene of Canada (5: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (16: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Canada (62: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (51: Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 136 collections including 137 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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