Liaoxitriton zhongjiani Dong and Wang 1998 (salamander)

Amphibia - Caudata - Urodela

Full reference: Z. Dong and Y. Wang. 1998. A new urodele (Liaoxitriton zhongjiani gen. et sp. nov.) from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning Province, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 36(4):159-172

Belongs to Liaoxitriton according to Y. Wang 2004

See also Dong and Wang 1998

Sister taxon: Liaoxitriton daohugouensis

Type specimen: IVPP V11582, a skeleton (part and counterpart of articulated skeleton). Its type locality is Sajiaocheng, Huludao City (Jiufotang Formation), which is in an Aptian terrestrial shale in the Jiufotang Formation of China.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sajiaocheng, Huludao City (Jiufotang Formation)

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