Jeholotriton Wang 2000 (salamander)

Amphibia - Caudata - Urodela

Full reference: Y. Wang. 2000. A new salamander (Amphibia: Caudata) from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38:100-103

Parent taxon: Salamandroidea according to Y.-F. Rong 2018

See also Skutschas and Gubin 2012, Wang 2000, Wang 2004 and Wang and Rose 2005

Sister taxa: Balveherpeton, Beiyanerpeton, Nasopus, Necturidae, Pangerpeton, Qinglongtriton, Regalerpeton

Subtaxa: Jeholotriton paradoxus

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Type: Jeholotriton paradoxus

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (IVPP collection) (Jurassic of China)

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