Ramonellus longispinus Nevo and Estes 1969 (salamander)

Amphibia - Caudata

Full reference: E. Nevo and R. Estes. 1969. Ramonellus longispinus, an Early Cretaceous salamander from Israel. Copeia 1969(3):540-547

Belongs to Ramonellus according to R. Estes 1981

See also Gardner and Böhme 2008 and Nevo and Estes 1969

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: HUJZ No. U1, a partial skeleton (part and counterpart including the greater part of a skull and mandible, a partial vertebral column, and a humerus in articulation with radius and ulna). Its type locality is Amphibian Hill, which is in a Berriasian/Aptian lacustrine - small siltstone in the Hatira Formation of Israel.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Amphibian Hill

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