Amphiuma jepseni Estes 1969 (amphiuma)

Amphibia - Caudata - Urodela

Belongs to Amphiuma according to J. D. Gardner 2003

See also Estes 1981 and Rieppel and Grande 1998

Sister taxa: Amphiuma antica, Amphiuma means, Amphiuma pholeter, Amphiuma tridactylum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Princeton Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Princeton Quarry

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