Paleoamphiuma Rieppel and Grande 1998 (salamander)

Amphibia - Caudata - Urodela

Full reference: O. Rieppel and L. Grande. 1998. A well-preserved fossil amphiumid (Lissamphibia: Caudata) from the Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(4):700-708

Parent taxon: Amphiumidae according to O. Rieppel and L. Grande 1998

Sister taxa: Amphiuma, Muraenopsis, Proamphiuma

Subtaxa: Paleoamphiuma tetradactylum

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Type: Paleoamphiuma tetradactylum

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tynsky Quarry (Eocene of Wyoming)

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