Chunerpeton Gao and Shubin 2003 (salamander)

Amphibia - Caudata - Urodela

Full reference: K.-Q. Gao and N. H. Shubin. 2003. Earliest known crown-group salamanders. Nature 422:424-428

Parent taxon: Cryptobranchoidea according to P. P. Skutschas and Y. M. Gubin 2012

See also Gao and Shubin 2003 and Wang 2004

Sister taxa: Cryptobranchidae, Linglongtriton, Nuominerpeton

Subtaxa: Chunerpeton tianyiensis

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Type: Chunerpeton tianyiensis

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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