Paleoamphiuma tetradactylum 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

Belongs to Paleoamphiuma according to O. Rieppel and L. Grande 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FMNH PR1810, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton missing most of one forelimb). Its type locality is Tynsky Quarry, which is in a Wasatchian lacustrine - large limestone in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tynsky Quarry

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