Valdotriton gracilis Evans and Milner 1996 (Wealden newt)

Amphibia - Caudata - Urodela

Full reference: S. E. Evans and A. R. Milner. 1996. A metamorphosed salamander from the Early Cretaceous of Las Hoyas, Spain. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 351:627-646

Belongs to Valdotriton according to S. E. Evans and A. R. Milner 1996

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: LH 2850a-b, 6021, a skeleton (counterparts of a skeleton missing only part of the tail). Its type locality is Las Hoyas (MCCM collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone/packstone in the La Huérguina Formation of Spain.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Las Hoyas (MCCM collection)

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