Necturus krausei Naylor 1978 (mudpuppy)

Amphibia - Caudata - Urodela

Full reference: B. G. Naylor. 1978. The earliest known Necturus (Amphibia, Urodela), from the Paleocene Ravenscrag Formation of Saskatchewan. Journal of Herpetology 12(4):565-569

Belongs to Necturus according to B. G. Naylor 1978

See also Estes 1981

Sister taxa: Necturus alabamensis, Necturus beyeri, Necturus lewisi, Necturus maculosus, Necturus punctatus

Type specimen: UA 14310, a set of vertebrae (single incomplete trunk vertebra). Its type locality is Roche Percée, which is in a Ti4 alluvial fan sandstone/siltstone in the Ravenscrag Formation of Canada.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Roche Percée

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